Salvatore Albano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salvatore Albano

Italian painter, sculptor (1841-1893)

Date of Birth: 29-May-1841

Place of Birth: Oppido Mamertina, Calabria, Italy

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1893

Profession: sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Salvatore Albano (May 29, 1841 – October 13, 1893) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in Oppido Mamertina in Calabria, to parents of limited means.
He began in Calabria as a sculptor of wooden Presepi or Nativity scenes.
Because of his talent, his townspeople gave him a stipend to study in Naples.
There he trained under a cavalier Sorbille, also from Calabria.
After a year, he trained in the local Accademia under its director Tito Angelini.
In 1865, his native province continued his stipend of 60 lire per year for three years.
He won a number of contests in his Naples.
In 1867, he submitted his Resurrection of Lazarus and a Cain to an exposition in Rome.
He moved to Florence by 1869, and spent the remainder of his career there.As a young man, he completed a Conte Ugolino bought by Marchese Agostino Sergio.
Among his other works are: Tears and Flowers (1864) Moses in Anger smashes the Tablets with the Commandments (1864, Capodimonte) Christ nell'Orto (1865) Masaniello (1866, Accademia) Eve (1869, Florence) Gioachino Rossini- bust (1869, Florence) Ariadne abandoned (1870) Il Genio di Michelangelo for Baron di Talleyrand. Venere Mendicante The Fallen Angels (1893)