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'''Libero Andreotti''' (June 18, 1875, [[Pescia]] – April 4, 1933) was an [[Italy|Italian]] sculptor, illustrator and ceramics artist.
[[File:Bruno Innocenti, Ritratto di Libero Andreotti.jpg|alt=Portrait of Libero Andreotti (1932) by Bruno Innocenti, plaster|thumb|Portrait of Libero Andreotti (1932) by [[Bruno Innocenti]], plaster]]
[[File:Libero Andreotti - Les trois Parques.jpg|alt=Les Trois Parques (1909), by Libero Andreotti|thumb|Les Trois Parques (1909), by Libero Andreotti]]
'''Libero Andreotti''' (18 June 1875 – 4 April 1933) was an Italian artist and educator, known as a sculptor, illustrator, and ceramics artist. He is often referred to as, "one of the foremost artists and sculptors of the early-twentieth century".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Libero Andreotti Gipsoteca|url=https://www.visittuscany.com/en/attractions/the-libero-andreotti-gipsoteca/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Visit Tuscany|language=en}}</ref>

== About ==
He was born on 18 June 1875 in [[Pescia]], Italy.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Barsali|first=Isa Belli Barsali|date=|title=Andreotti, Libero in "Dizionario Biografico"|url=http://www.treccani.it//enciclopedia/libero-andreotti_(Dizionario-Biografico)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-23|website=www.treccani.it|publisher=Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 3 (1961)|language=it-IT}}</ref> He worked as a [[blacksmith]] until the age of 17, when he moved to [[Lucca]] and met poet, [[Giovanni Pascoli]] and Alfredo Caselli, who introduced him to arts.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Andreotti Libero (1875-1934). Biografia. Sculture in vendita.|url=http://www.sba.it/en/artists/andreotti-libero-biografia-sculture-in-vendita-valutazione-stima-perizia-certificata-di-sculture-di-andreotti-libero/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Società di Belle Arti|language=en-US}}</ref> By 1899, he moved to Florence in order to start work as an illustrator and painter.<ref name=":2" /> He worked in a print shop and studied sculpture with Mario Galli in his studio.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> He served in the Italian military during [[World War I]].<ref name=":1" />

Andreotti taught sculpture classes at Istituto Statale d'arte di Firenze (Porta Romana Institute of Arts in Florence, or State Institute of Art of Florence of Porta Romana) and served as the Chair of Sculpture, from 1920 until his death in 1933.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Peron|first=Patrizia|date=|title=Innocenti, Bruno in "Dizionario Biografico"|trans-title=Innocenti, Bruno in Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 62 (2004)|url=http://www.treccani.it//enciclopedia/bruno-innocenti_(Dizionario-Biografico)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-23|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT}}</ref> He was replaced in his teaching role by his former student and artist assistant, [[Bruno Innocenti]].<ref name=":0" />

He died on 4 April 1933 in Florence, Italy.<ref name=":1" />

== Personal life ==
In 1923, Andreotti married Margherita Carpi.<ref name=":2" />

==Art market==
At a Bertolani Fine Art Roma auction in 2018, Libero Andreotti's ''Classic conversation'' (La conversazione classica, 1927), a with porcelain with Gio Ponti, was sold for Euro 82,500 plus auction fees.<ref>Bertolami FineArt (November 30, 2018) [https://auctions.bertolamifinearts.com/it/lot/41041/gio-ponti-libero-andreotti-richard-/ "Arte moderna & contemporanea" Lot 356]. ''[[Bertolami FineArt]]''. Retrieved June 10, 2022.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Libero Andreotti}}
*[http://www.provincia.pistoia.it/MuseiEValdinievole/ing/m_gipsoteca.htm Libero Andreotti Cast Museum in Pescia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041216092356/http://www.provincia.pistoia.it/MuseiEValdinievole/ing/m_gipsoteca.htm Libero Andreotti Cast Museum in Pescia]
*[http://www.ilovefiguresculpture.com/masters/italian/andreotti/andreotti.htm Web gallery of 20th Century figure sculpture]
*[http://www.ilovefiguresculpture.com/masters/italian/andreotti/andreotti.htm Web gallery of 20th Century figure sculpture]
*[http://www.thais.it/scultura/andrlibe.htm 1200 Years of Italian sculpture]
*[http://www.thais.it/scultura/andrlibe.htm 1200 Years of Italian sculpture]
*[http://www.artnet.com/artists/libero-andreotti/biography Libero Andreotti] on Artnet


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Latest revision as of 18:45, 31 August 2023

Portrait of Libero Andreotti (1932) by Bruno Innocenti, plaster
Portrait of Libero Andreotti (1932) by Bruno Innocenti, plaster
Les Trois Parques (1909), by Libero Andreotti
Les Trois Parques (1909), by Libero Andreotti

Libero Andreotti (18 June 1875 – 4 April 1933) was an Italian artist and educator, known as a sculptor, illustrator, and ceramics artist. He is often referred to as, "one of the foremost artists and sculptors of the early-twentieth century".[1]

About

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He was born on 18 June 1875 in Pescia, Italy.[2] He worked as a blacksmith until the age of 17, when he moved to Lucca and met poet, Giovanni Pascoli and Alfredo Caselli, who introduced him to arts.[3] By 1899, he moved to Florence in order to start work as an illustrator and painter.[3] He worked in a print shop and studied sculpture with Mario Galli in his studio.[2][3] He served in the Italian military during World War I.[2]

Andreotti taught sculpture classes at Istituto Statale d'arte di Firenze (Porta Romana Institute of Arts in Florence, or State Institute of Art of Florence of Porta Romana) and served as the Chair of Sculpture, from 1920 until his death in 1933.[4] He was replaced in his teaching role by his former student and artist assistant, Bruno Innocenti.[4]

He died on 4 April 1933 in Florence, Italy.[2]

Personal life

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In 1923, Andreotti married Margherita Carpi.[3]

Art market

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At a Bertolani Fine Art Roma auction in 2018, Libero Andreotti's Classic conversation (La conversazione classica, 1927), a with porcelain with Gio Ponti, was sold for Euro 82,500 plus auction fees.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Libero Andreotti Gipsoteca". Visit Tuscany. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. ^ a b c d Barsali, Isa Belli Barsali. "Andreotti, Libero in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 3 (1961). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. ^ a b c d "Andreotti Libero (1875-1934). Biografia. Sculture in vendita". Società di Belle Arti. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. ^ a b Peron, Patrizia. "Innocenti, Bruno in "Dizionario Biografico"" [Innocenti, Bruno in Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 62 (2004)]. www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  5. ^ Bertolami FineArt (November 30, 2018) "Arte moderna & contemporanea" Lot 356. Bertolami FineArt. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
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