BEAUTIFUL BRONZE JESUS CHRIST 

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GAETANO CHIARAMONTE   

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 Born in Salerno on March 19, 1872, Gaetano Chiaromonte, known in the art world as "Taniello", is a sculptor with a long artistic career to the point that some critics of the time compared him to Luca Giordano. He stands out for his great versatility in shaping the most varied materials from marble to terracotta, plaster and above all bronze. Son of an artist, he began taking drawing lessons at the age of only nine, followed by Stanislao Lista, who had him enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Here he follows the lessons of Lista himself and Tommaso Solari, from whom he takes inspiration for the monumentality of the first works. At eighteen he exhibited at the Neapolitan Promotrice of 1890, demonstrating a marked sense of monumentality and a firm and correct design. In 1903 he was commissioned to create the statue of the Madonna del Rosario for the crowning of the Shrine of Pompeii. In the first decade of the 20th century he was inspired by the refinement of Art Nouveau, going first to New York and then to Caracas, where he created two public works of great commitment: the War Memorial for the independence of Venezuela and a statue of Christopher Bronze Columbus. In 1903 he was entrusted with the construction of a monument to the martyrs of Salerno in Corso Garibaldi in Salerno.Inaugurated in 1912, the work is made up of an ancient granite column at whose feet is a half-naked woman who symbolizes Liberty breaking the chains of tyranny. In 1906 he exhibited at the Paris Salon with great success and in January 1908 he won the Competition for Campania for the Sommoportico of the Vittoriano in Rome. In 1911 he created large bronze works (5 m high) and sphinxes, intended to crown the facade of the new university of Panama.[1] In 1923 he completed the Monument to the Fallen in Salerno, in Piazza Ferrovia (today Piazza Vittorio Veneto), inaugurated by King Vittorio Emanuele III, who awarded him the honor of Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy. In 1926 he became a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and, having moved to the city, consolidated a partnership with the Chiurazzi Foundry. As technical director, he supervises the construction of the equestrian statue of General Artigas, erected in Uruguay, created by the sculptor Angelo Zanelli. One of his last large-scale works dates back to 1937: the bronze high reliefs with subjects of local history for the facade of the building in the City of Salerno. During the Second World War the Chiurazzi Foundry went through great difficulties, but, although occupied by the Germans, its production was saved thanks to the financial commitment of one of the family's sons. After other works in Salerno, in 1957, Chiaromonte, now eighty-five years old, stopped working due to advancing age. His career ended in 1961, the year in which the Polytechnic Artistic Circle of Naples (Giuseppe Caravita Museum prince of Sirignano) dedicated a personal exhibition to him. He died on November 7, 1962.[2] According to tradition, he himself destroyed all the casts of his great works.   ITEMSIN  AT MY   EBAY  OTHERS LISTINGS

   

 

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