Juan Manuel Ferrari was an Uruguayan sculptor, born on Montevideo on 21 March 1874 and died in Buenos Aires on 31 October 1919.

Juan Manuel Ferrari
Born(1874-05-21)21 May 1874
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died31 October 1919(1919-10-31) (aged 45)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
EducationJuan Ferrari, (father, sculptor)
Ettore Ferrari, Rome
Ercole Rosa, Real Instituto de Bellas Artes.
Known forSculpture
Notable workMonumento a la Independencia Nacional – Florida, Uruguay
Cerro de la Gloria, Argentina

He studied with his father, sculptor Juan Ferrari in Montevideo and in 1890 traveled to Italy to study under Ettore Ferrari in Rome with a scholarship from the government of Uruguay. Later, while still in Italy he studied under Ercole Rosa at the Royal Institute of Beaux Arts.

Ferrari returned to Uruguay in 1896 and opened his own studio. Later on he moved to Buenos Aires and in 1915 he relocated again to Rome.

Works

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Among his most visible projects he made the following public monuments:

References

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  • Tomo II: Plásticos uruguayos, compilado por la Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo, 1975
  • Juan Manuel Ferrari, 1874–1916: diciembre 1974, Montevideo, Uruguay. (Exposición de homenaje) Comisión Nacional de Artes Plásticas.
  • Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales de Uruguay.