Vincenzo Gemito
Born 16 July 1852
Died 1 March 1929
Active: 1912
Country of birth and death: Italy
Sculptor
Born in Naples. Trained and worked in Rome and Paris. Between 1887 and 1909 he suffered a breakdown and was unable to work. After this date he turned to gold and silversmithing.
Works
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Head of a priest
1912
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Sixth, 1912
'Head of a priest'
Sources
The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 2, E-K
1991
p. 124
Address of residence given as Italy
Citing this record
'Vincenzo Gemito', 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=msib6_1210334662, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
