Giovanni de Martino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni de Martino

Italian sculptor (1870-1935)

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1870

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1935

Profession: sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Giovanni de Martino (3/13 January 1870 – 3 March 1935) was an Italian sculptor.
He made sentimental bronzes, often of street boys, fishermen or women.:200:405De Martino was born in Naples on 3 or 13 January 1870,:200 and studied at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti there,:188 under Gioacchino Toma and Stanislao Lista.:325He spent some time in Paris, where he made small groups of figures.:405 In 1900 he won a prize at the Salon de Paris for a bronze of a fisherman.:325 After his return to Naples his work tended towards social realism.:405He died in Naples on 3 March 1935.:405