Mario Sarto
{{short description|Italian sculptor}}
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| caption = Sculptor Mario Sarto at work in his studio, with head of angel (1953)
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|10|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Codigoro, (Ferrara)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|9|13|1885|10|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Bologna
| nationality = {{flagicon|Italy}} Italian
| known_for = Sculptor
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| movement = Art Nouveau and Liberty
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Mario Sarto (13 October 1885 – 13 September 1955) was an important sculptor of religious and commemorative art, renowned for the vast statuary present in the Monumental Cemetery of Bologna.
Many of his statues are also located in the main squares of Italian cities, among which Codigoro, Ferrara, Bologna, with representations of patron saints and heroic figures of the two World Wars.
Grandnephew of Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (Saint Pius X), he attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, then opened his own studio in Bologna, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.
References
- "Mario Sarto", a conference at the Codigoro Municipal Library [http://usenet.it.rooar.com/showthread.php?t=820334] Accessed 9 February 2012 {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.libroco.it/cgi-bin/dettaglio.cgi?codiceweb=951031204611285&lingua=en Catalogue and book: Mario Sarto (1885-1955). Uno scultore codigorese tra Liberty e Novecento]
- [http://www.certosadibologna.it/ The Official Website of the Monumental Cemetery of Bologna with sculptures by di Mario Sarto]
- The Monumental Cemetery of Bologna on it.Wikipedia
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091209173934/http://opac.khi.fi.it/cgi-bin/hkhi_de.pl Cataloguing by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=QRMRKyDdNccC&dq=Mario+sarto&pg=PA158 Mario Sarto's sculpture in Italian Memorial Sculpture 1820-1940: A Legacy of Love by Sandra Berresford et al., (Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2004)] {{ISBN|978-0-7112-2384-4}}.
Gallery
= Works in the Ferrara Region of Italy, 1920-1930 =
File:MarioSarto1.JPG |Ancient Christian Cross, Bronze Medallion, Charterhouse of Ferrara, 1928, Ferrara, Italy
File:MarioSarto2.JPG|Bas-relief Face, Charterhouse of Ferrara 1929, Ferrara, Italy
File:Bassrelief_Face2ferrara.JPG|Bas-relief Face, Medallion, Charterhouse of Ferrara 1928, Ferrara, Italy
File:MarioSarto3.JPG|Lunetta with bas-relief medallion, marble work, Charterhouse of Ferrara 1927, Ferrara, Italy
File:MarioSarto4.JPG|Medallion, sculpture, Charterhouse of Ferrara 1926, Ferrara, Italy
File:MarioSarto5.JPG|Bas-relief with face, Charterhouse of Ferrara 1929, Ferrara, Italy
File:MarioSarto6.JPG|Wrought Iron Sword/Cross, 1930, Ferrara, Italy
- For Sarto's sculptures in the Monumental Charterhouse of Bologna, check their external website [http://www.certosadibologna.it/ Certosa di Bologna] {{in lang|it}}
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Category:People from the Province of Ferrara
Category:Art Nouveau sculptors
Category:20th-century Italian sculptors
Category:20th-century Italian male artists
Category:Italian male sculptors
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