Giovanni Battista Tassara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian painter (1841-1916)
Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1841
Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
Date of Death: 05-Oct-1916
Profession: sculptor
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Giovanni Battista Tassara
- Giovanni Battista Tassara (Genoa, June 23, 1841 - Genoa, October 5, 1916) was an Italian sculptor. As a young man he was apprenticed in the studio of the professor Nomagnino, where he stayed 6 or 7 months, transferring to the studio of professor Giovanni Battista Cevasco.
- By 1860, Tassara joined the patriotic Expedition of the Thousand, and distinguished himself for valor.
- At Calatafimi, he was made corporal, and in Palermo seargent, receiving two honorable mentions and an honor for a wound to the right shoulder that damaged part of his scapula. One of his first works was a group of three figures: La morte di Schiaffino porta bandiera dei Mille a Calatafimi; the sculptural group Amori degli Angioli: a statue of Garibaldi sullo scoglio di Quarto; and a group depicting: The Baptism of Christ, now in the church of Santa Margherita Ligure; The Dream of a Virgin; and Una coppa, exhibited in Florence in 1871. Tassara completed many portrait busts of illustrious persons, among those of professors Ussi, Conti, Ongaro, Massimo D'Azeglio, Aleardi, and others.
- He was criticized for being to prolific.
- Among his other works, was a larger than life Moses for the Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa; and a monument to Bellini for the Duomo of Catania.
- Tassara sculpted two statues, Aaron and Samuel, for the new facade of the Cathedral of Florence.
- In 1880, the House of Savoy commissioned from him a large statue of Neptune.
- He then moved to in Rome.
- He completed two large bas-reliefs, for the Ossuary of Calatafimi.
- Tassara, among his many honors, was nominated in 1867 honorary associate of the Accademia Raffaello of Urbino; in 1868, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, and the next year of the Academy of Genoa.
- In 1883, he attempted to establish a factory for maiolica, but the business failed.
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