Ettore Ximenes

1849

In Paris, he met with Auguste Rodin and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. In 1878, he also completed a life-size stucco of il Ciceruacchio, a statue of the Italian patriot Angelo Brunetti and his thirteen-year-old son, depicting them at the moment of their execution in 1849 by Austrian troops.

1855

Ettore Ximenes (11 April 1855, Palermo 20 December 1926, Rome) was an Italian sculptor. == Biography== Son of Antonio Ximenes and Giulia Tolentino, a Sicilian noble woman, Ettore Ximenes initially embarked on literary studies but then took up sculpture and attended the courses at the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts.

1872

After 1872, he continued training at the Naples Academy under Domenico Morelli and Stanislao Lista.

1873

In 1873 at Vienna, he exhibited Work without Genius.

1874

He also established a close relationship with Vincenzo Gemito. He returned to Palermo in 1874 and won a competition for a four-year grant, which enabled him to study and open a studio for sculpture in Florence.

1877

In 1877 at Naples, he exhibited a life-size statue titled The Equilibrium about a gymnast walking on a sphere.

1878

At the 1878 Paris World Exposition he displayed: The Brawl and il Marmiton.

In Paris, he met with Auguste Rodin and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. In 1878, he also completed a life-size stucco of il Ciceruacchio, a statue of the Italian patriot Angelo Brunetti and his thirteen-year-old son, depicting them at the moment of their execution in 1849 by Austrian troops.

1879

The Cicervacchio statue, with its tinge of revolutionary zeal, did not find commissions for completing the work in marble. He then completed a nude statue of Nanà based on the novel by Émile Zola; the statue was exhibited at the 1879 Salon di Paris.

1926

Ettore Ximenes (11 April 1855, Palermo 20 December 1926, Rome) was an Italian sculptor. == Biography== Son of Antonio Ximenes and Giulia Tolentino, a Sicilian noble woman, Ettore Ximenes initially embarked on literary studies but then took up sculpture and attended the courses at the Palermo Academy of Fine Arts.

1974

1974 Lederer, Joseph & Arley Bondarin, All Around Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1975 Mackay, James,The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977 ==External links== Artnet.com biography: Ettore Ximenes Flickr.com Ettore Ximenes Group 1855 births 1926 deaths Artists from Palermo 20th-century Italian sculptors 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors

1975

1974 Lederer, Joseph & Arley Bondarin, All Around Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1975 Mackay, James,The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977 ==External links== Artnet.com biography: Ettore Ximenes Flickr.com Ettore Ximenes Group 1855 births 1926 deaths Artists from Palermo 20th-century Italian sculptors 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors

1976

Gillon Jr., New York Civic Sculpture, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1976 Goode, James M., The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

1977

1974 Lederer, Joseph & Arley Bondarin, All Around Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1975 Mackay, James,The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977 ==External links== Artnet.com biography: Ettore Ximenes Flickr.com Ettore Ximenes Group 1855 births 1926 deaths Artists from Palermo 20th-century Italian sculptors 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors




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