Aristide Louis Fontana
Other names: Fontano
Born 1834 (Circa)
Active: 1871 - 1885
Country of birth and death: Italy
Sculptor
Born in Italy. He moved to England by 1871 and lived in Pimlico where he married Emma Bowker (or Burkett).
Locations
Address 180 Buckingham Palace Road London | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1885 (Circa)
Address 178 Buckingham Palace Road London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Living at this address, not know if also working here
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1881 - 1885
Exhibited 4 times, six works in all (marble busts and ideal works).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the thirteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1883
1883
The Pensierosa (cat. no. 1600, marble, £60).
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 108; Folio: 89; Page: 12; GSU roll: 1341025
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Aristide Louis Fontana
Age: Full Age
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Spouse Name: Emma Baskett
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 04 Feb 1871
Parish: All Saints, Poplar
County: Middlesex
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Father Name: Fardinandr Fontana
Spouse Father Name: Thomas Edward Baskett
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1883 Walker Art Gallery
1883
p. 93
Citing this record
'Aristide Louis Fontana', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1277903373, accessed 31 May 2023]
