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Medardo ROSSO

Native placeTorino, ITA
Birth1858
Dead placeMilano, ITA
Died1928

Biography

Rosso was born in Turin, Italy. He entered the academy in Milan in 1881 but rebelled against its old-fashioned instruction and left the following year. Under the influence of anti-academic art movements such as Scapigliatura in Milan, he chose poor people, rather than gods and heroes, as his subjects and fused figures with their backgrounds in his sculptures. He achieved major innovations in sculptural technique, boldly omitting details and creating diffused light through modulations of touch. He worked briefly with Dalou in Paris in 1884. He exhibited at the Paris International Exposition of 1889, where he met Rodin, and the two artists influenced each other. He moved to Paris in 1900 and thereafter worked in France. Using wax as a material, he attempted to bring sculpture into harmony with the surrounding environment and designed his sculptures so that they would be viewed in reverse perspective. He expanded the possibilities of sculptural expression and was praised by the Italian Futurist Boccioni. He died in Milan.

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    Sick Child
    Artist：メダルド・ロッソ　Medardo ROSSO
    Date：1893
    Medium：modeling wax and plaster
    Classification：Sculptures
    Accession Number：FS198900005000

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