ALBERTO BAZZONI (San Nicomede di Salsomaggiore, 1889 - Milan, 1973). "The horse tamer". Bronze.

ALBERTO BAZZONI (San Nicomede di Salsomaggiore, 1889 - Milan, 1973).
"The Horse Tamer".
Bronze.
Signed on the base.
Exhibitions: "European sculpture of the 20th century", European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, 2014.
Size: 26 x 80 cm. sculpture; 15 x 80 x 4 cm. base.
Alberto Bazzoni was an Italian sculptor who, after serving in World War I, settled in Parma, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts from 1908 to 1913. His public works include a fountain for the Reggio Emilia barracks and memorials to the fallen at Fidenza and Salsomaggiore. In 1926 he moved to Milan, where he continued his career as a sculptor. The influence of his study of Roman sculpture can be seen in the statue of St. Augustine for Milan Cathedral and in the tomb of his wife Bianca in the Cimitero Monumentale. In 1936 he moved to Paris, where he remained until the outbreak of the Second World War, producing small bronzes for private collectors. After a second stay in the French capital from 1946 to 1950, he returned to Milan.