ALFRED PINA (Milan, 1883 or 1887 - Mesves-sur-Loire, 1966). "Le Desespoir". Terracotta. Signed.
ALFRED PINA (Milan, 1883 or 1887 - Mesves-sur-Loire, 1966).
"Le Desespoir.
Terracotta.
Signed.
Exhibitions: "European sculpture in the 20th century", European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, 2014.
Size: 68 cm.
Alfred Pina's style denotes the influence of Rodin, of whom he was a disciple, through abrupt and unfinished forms, bodies twisted with passion or pain and an impetuous tone especially noticeable in his nudes.
Alfred Pina began his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, although he soon moved to Bologna and Rome. In 1911 he moved to Paris, where he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1911 to 1914. He received many commissions for busts and tried his hand at wood engraving. After the outbreak of the First World War, Alfred Pina went into exile in Montpellier, whose museum acquired a Bust of Beethoven, one of his first important works and one of the most widely reproduced. It was in Paris between the wars that he made his name thanks to the retrospective exhibition of his works at the Galerie Allard in 1920, which was a great success. A universal competition launched by Benito Mussolini appointed him to the project for Dante's tomb, which was to be his masterpiece. He returned to Rome. On his return to France in 1929, he organised an exhibition of Italian artists from the capital at the Cercle de la rue Boissy d'Anglas. The bronzes from Dante's tomb were sent to be cast during the Second World War. In his work published in 1929 (cf. bibliography), Gaston de Pawlowski wrote: "Pina, too, a continuation of Michael Angelo and Rodin, has been able to build a completely new artistic world on ancient foundations".
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ALFRED PINA (Milan, 1883 or 1887 - Mesves-sur-Loire, 1966).
"Le Desespoir.
Terracotta.
Signed.
Exhibitions: "European sculpture in the 20th century", European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), Barcelona, 2014.
Size: 68 cm.
Alfred Pina's style denotes the influence of Rodin, of whom he was a disciple, through abrupt and unfinished forms, bodies twisted with passion or pain and an impetuous tone especially noticeable in his nudes.
Alfred Pina began his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, although he soon moved to Bologna and Rome. In 1911 he moved to Paris, where he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1911 to 1914. He received many commissions for busts and tried his hand at wood engraving. After the outbreak of the First World War, Alfred Pina went into exile in Montpellier, whose museum acquired a Bust of Beethoven, one of his first important works and one of the most widely reproduced. It was in Paris between the wars that he made his name thanks to the retrospective exhibition of his works at the Galerie Allard in 1920, which was a great success. A universal competition launched by Benito Mussolini appointed him to the project for Dante's tomb, which was to be his masterpiece. He returned to Rome. On his return to France in 1929, he organised an exhibition of Italian artists from the capital at the Cercle de la rue Boissy d'Anglas. The bronzes from Dante's tomb were sent to be cast during the Second World War. In his work published in 1929 (cf. bibliography), Gaston de Pawlowski wrote: "Pina, too, a continuation of Michael Angelo and Rodin, has been able to build a completely new artistic world on ancient foundations".
