Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna
Born 1836 (Circa)
Died 1884
Active: 1863 - 1884
Country of birth: Italy
Country of death: England
Sculptor, modeller
Born in Carrara, Italy. He was a member of the Academy of Ferrara, and studied art in Florence and Rome. Fucigna worked as John Birnie Philip's chief assistant modeller, and completed a number of works that were left unfinished when his employer died in 1875. The architect William Burges commissioned Fucigna to make two works for Cardiff Castle, a statue of St John the Divine (cast by J. Barkentin, probably James Barkentin, father of George Barkentin) and a Virgin and Child both dating from 1875. Fucigna was also commissioned by the architect of Holloway College, William Crossland, to produce a series of reliefs on the barrel vaulted plaster ceiling of the Chapel. The north side depicts Biblical characters from the New Testament and the south side from the Old Testament.
(See http://www.rhul.ac.uk/forstudents/studying/graduation/graduationvenuesthechapel.aspx and http://imagingthebible.llgc.org.uk)//person/426
Locations
Address 19 Millbank Wharf London England | View on map
1863 (Circa) - 1864 (Circa)
Address Sphinx Lodge, 99 Church Street Chelsea London England | View on map
1869 (Circa)
Address 280 King's Road Chelsea London England | View on map
1876 (Circa)
Address 74 Newman Street London England | View on map
1877 (Circa)
Address 13 Edwardes Square Kensington London England | View on map
1878 (Circa) - 1879 (Circa)
Address 39 Blenheim Crescent London England | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1863 (Circa) - 1879 (Circa)
Exhibited 7 times, ten works in all (portraits, ideal works and commissions)
Personal and Professional Connections
Studio assistant to John Birnie Philip
Fucigna was Philip's chief assistant modeller and completed a number of unfinished works on his employer's death in 1875.
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 977-9
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 42; Folio: 83; Page: 10; GSU roll: 13410
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Cecardo Egidio Fucigna
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1865
Registration district: Chelsea
Registration county (inferred): London
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 498
Citing this record
'Ceccardo Egidio Fucigna', 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=msib7_1281463879, accessed 23 Sep 2023]
