Enrico Braga (1841–1919) was an Italian-Swiss sculptor, active in Neoclassical and Romantic styles.
Biography
editHe was born in Canton Ticino and studied in the Brera Academy.[1] At the 1880 National Exposition of Fine Arts of Turin, he displayed a series of statues, including Rataplan; Per l'Onomastico; Il premio; and Cleopatra. At the 1883 Roman Exposition, he displayed two female statues: a Daughter of the Sea and La Rèverie. He also displayed a Bacchus, and a Garibaldi on July 25, 1866, and La Touriste. A monument to Garibaldi by Braga is standing in Novara. His Cleopatra and Bacchus were also exhibited in Paris in 1878.[2] The former was also displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as part of the Egyptian Hall.[3] The statue was felt to be the sculpted representation of a figure painted by Gérôme.[4] he became an Associate member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and of St Petersburg, Russia.[5]
References
edit- ^ Belyaev 2018, p. 42.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 74.
- ^ 1876 Exposition
- ^ World's Art: From the International Exhibition 1876. by Earl Shinn.
- ^ Stato del personale addetto alla pubblica istruzione del regno d'Italia, 1891, page 316
Sources
edit- Belyaev, N. S. (2018). Honorary Free Associates of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Brief biographical guide (PDF). St Petersburg: Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 42. ISBN 978-5-336-00234-8.
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