Raimondo Pereda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raimondo Pereda

Italian painter (1840-1915)

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1840

Place of Birth: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1915

Profession: painter, sculptor

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Raimondo Pereda (1840 in Lugano – 1915) was an Italian-Swiss sculptor. He was a resident of Milan but born to a Swiss-Italian family.
He exhibited in Parma, in 1870, a marble statuette titled: The First Lesson.
At Milan, in 1883, he exhibited another graceful statuette depicting his own son, and a marble bust titled La cuffia della nonna.
Another marble sculpture was exhibited in 1886 Milan, titled Duetto, a cui faceva degno riscontro a stucco statue Una doccia.
Among his works are: La fidanzata (Woman Engaged to Marry); Triestina (bust); Orphan of Mother, (marble group); La rete d' amore (Web of Love); the statuettes of Silenzio (Silence) and Dolore (Pain); Alla Chiesa; Piccolo affricano (Pygmy); Il dentista del villaggio (Village Dentist), and multiple other bas reliefs and portraits.He was an honorary associate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Milan in 1890.