Bronze signed: Volti 1915/1989 Bronze, Susse Fondeur, Artist's proof

Bronze signed: Volti 1915/1989 Bronze, Susse Fondeur, Artist's proof
Lost wax bronze

Bronze with green patina signed VOLTI
Artist's proof – Susse Freres Fondeur Paris
Dimensions: length: 30 cm x 20 cm x 15 cm
Weight: 4.4 Kg

Antoniucci Volti 1915/1989
Antoniucci Voltigero, known as "Volti", born on January 1, 1915 in Albano (Lazio), Italy and died in Paris on December 14, 1989, is a French artist of Italian origin.
Volti was at the same time a sculptor, designer and engraver.
His sculpture is in the tradition of Rodin, Bourdelle and, above all, Maillol (several works recall the work of Maillol, The Three Graces in particular). All his work glorifies women and their bodies: "What enchants me in a woman's body are the rhythms and volumes."
Antoniucci's family is originally from Perugia (Italy). His father was a professional stonemason. He settled in Villefranche-sur-Mer in 1905 and was naturalized French. However, he returned to Italy, where his son was born, then, after the birth, he took up permanent residence in Villefranche in 1920.
In 1928, at the age of 12, Voltigero was admitted to the École des arts décoratifs in Nice (today, the Villa Arson). After winning a gold medal at the Marseille fair with two polychrome bas-reliefs in 1932, at the age of 16, he enrolled at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris in the studio of Jean Boucher. He won the first second grand prix de Rome.
In addition, he won various prizes from the School and the Institute (Roux Prize, Lemaire-Bridau Prize, etc.).
  Mobilized, after being ill, he was repatriated in March 1943. He found his studio at 5 rue Jean Ferrandi destroyed by a bomb in September of that same year. His thoughts during his captivity and this disaster destroyed his entire artistic past and the various influences he had received from his masters. It was at this time that his sculpture became more personal and he began to sign himself "Volti": although his past was not completely erased, he considered himself self-taught. After the Liberation, Antoniucci Volti received his first public commissions (the first for the city of Colombes) and began to produce his monumental works always around his favorite subject, women, devoting his life as an artist to celebrating them:
"What interests me is less women than their architecture... It is in the body of women that I draw my inspiration."
He drew every day from live models, but was above all a sculptor. Throughout his life, he accumulated sketches and studies, in pencil, charcoal or red chalk. They allowed him to better analyze volumes and find his very particular style, in which we recognize the constant data of Mediterranean statuary. Often compared to Maillol, he said: "Maillol is a carnal. I am an architect of sensuality." He was then influenced by the sculpture of Henry Moore and by his simple lines. Some time before his death, he had taken care, with the association of merchants of Villefranche-sur-Mer, to erect a bust of Jean Cocteau in front of the Saint-Pierre chapel, commissioned from Cyril de La Patellière.
A first retrospective of his work was organized in 1957 in Paris and he exhibited regularly at the Salon Comparaisons.
Volti's sculptures appear on the squares of many cities (Paris, Angers, Orléans, Colombes, etc.). He is honored with a museum-foundation in the citadel of Villefranche-sur-Mer where he has always lived.

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