Vio Romano

Vio Romano

Romano Vio (February 11 1913 - August 23 1984) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in Venice and taught sculpture there.

Timeline

* 1931/35 - Exhibited at the Bevilacqua La Masa Gallery in Venice
* 1932-1936 - Studied and worked with Eugenio Bellotto at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice
* 1934 - Modelled the bust of Luigi Passoni
* 1935 - Awarded Gold Medal at the National Exhibition for Artists and Graduates in Genoa with the high relief “A Mother’s Dream” bought by Venice City Council
* 1937 - Submitted an entry for the Sanremo Prize
* 1938 - Admitted to the XIX Venice Biennale with a medal to Guglielmo Marconi, bought by Milan City Council; The Boxer, portraits, Ploughing, Fisherman
* 1939 - Won the “D. Fadiga” prize for sculpture in Venice
* 1940 - Admitted to the XX Venice Biennale; portrait of an old man – 1939/40 sports medal. Appointed to the post of Assistant to Umberto Baglioni at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice
* 1941 - Won the competition for and realised the lions of the obelisk in Piazza del Duomo in Traù (Dalmatia). Call to arms. Copy from Colleoni, Sansovinian reproductions
* 1945 - Returned from war having completed, counting all the various calls to arms, 12 years military service. His war service 1940/43 was recognised in 1956 with the Military Cross
* 1946 - At the end of the war he returned to work and to teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice as Assistant to Venanzo Crocetti
* 1947 - Modelled the bronze statue of St. Anthony for the Church in Camposanpiero; portrait of Francesco
* 1948 - Won First Prize at the “Tempio” exhibition in Padua. “Madonna degli Alpini”, a high relief in stone for Pieve di Soligo. “L’Ascolto”, bronze
* 1949 - Highly commended in the competition for the doors for St. Peter’s in Rome. Sketch in the Vatican Galleries Vatican doors: First Door Siena, on the right: St. Peter, Constantine, Gregory the Great, Foundation of the Basilica, Coronation of Charlemagne, Crusade, Religious Orders, 1300 Jubilee Year; on the left: Leo III, Gregory VII, Nicholas V, Return from Avignon, Discovery of America, Council of Trent, Battle of Lepanto, the new Vatican Basilica, Rafael, Michelangelo, Bernini Second Door Perugia, on the left: Paul III, Pius IV, St. Pius V, Missions, the new religious Orders, three personages; on the right: Paul V, Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Vatican Council, Pius VII, Pius VIII, Pius IX. Modelled the Holy Spirit Altar and candlesticks for the Pro-civitate Christiana in Assisi. Plaster models of the Doors for Siena Cathedral
* 1950 - Took part in the International Exhibition of Sacred Art in Rome with “St. Benedict”
* 1951 - Exhibited at the VI Rome Quadriennale [http://www.quadriennalediroma.org/indexEng.html] . Admitted to the XXV Venice Biennale
* 1953 - Commended in the “Pinocchio” competition in Collodi. The bronze “Dana” exhibited at the Turin Quadriennale. Won the “Città di Pordenone” First Prize for sculpture. Completed a series of works for the cathedral and for the Church of S. Giuseppe in Cavarzere, Madonna for the bell-tower, Via Crucis. Exhibition of sacred art in Bologna
* 1954 - First Prize with Jesus the Worker in Assisi
* 1955- First Prize in the competition for “Our Lady of the Assumption” for the church in Vitinia. First Prize in the competition for the plaque of the Belfiore Martyrs, Venice. Verona Biennale – Portrait of a Girl with Plaits.
* 1956 - Appointed teacher of decorative sculpturing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Won the City of Savona national competition dedicated to the Resistance. Won the national competition for the Monument to the musician Umberto Giordano
* 1956/61 - Works completed and placed in the Giordano Park in Foggia. Beautiful lady, bronze. Simonetta, bronze, exhibited at the Venice Biennale. Head of a man, bust of a woman in bronze, Woman with a Goose
* 1957 - The Sleeping Woman exhibited at the Turin Quadriennale. Second prize in artisanship in Aquila
* 1958 - Shared First Prize at the Biennale of Sacred Art in Bologna with St. Clare Driving Out the Saracens. Flight into Egypt, bas-relief
* 1959 - Won “Montecatini” prize at the International Exhibition in Carrara
* 1960 - Completed the Via Crucis and the Altar for the Bianconi Chapel in Monza
* 1962 - Completed the Monument to Giuseppe Marchetti, the youngest Garibaldian hero, and the plaque to the scientist Olivi for the city of Chioggia
* 1963 - Nominated member of the Academia Nazionale di S. Luca in Rome. Modelled a St. Anthony for Padua
* 1964 - Completed the Monument to the Fallen in Arquà Polesine. Entered competition for the Monument to the Partisan Woman, work now in Cá Pesaro Museum of Modern Art, Venice
* 1965 - The Boxer, bronze, private collection. IX Rome Quadriennale
* 1966 - Christ Rising from the Ruins, Ecce Homo, bronze; Woman in an Armchair, cement
* 1967 - Perugia, alter-piece of panels containing 16 figures
* 1968 - Girl with a Snail, cement
* 1969 - Our Standard, bronze
* 1970 - Figure in cement (Cojazzi private collection). Deposition from the Cross, terracotta. Copy of George Washington for Raleigh State Capital, USA. Annunciation, terracotta. St. Agatha, medallion
* 1971 - Completed in marble the Monument to the industrialist Franco Marinotti in Torviscosa
* 1972 - Juggler with Dog, bronze. Madonna di Fatima Manizales for Columbia. The Four Seasons, 4 female figurines depicting the seasons
* 1973 - Completed the bust of the economist Antonio Santarelli for the city of Aquila now housed in the Library
* 1974 - Maternity, Boy
* 1975 - Woman Seated, Nude. Series of works for USA and Brazil. Portrait of Romiatti, of a girl
* 1976 - Ballerina at rest, Ballerina Tying her Shoe, Lady with Umbrella
* 1978 - Madonna del Carmelo for the Carmini Church in Venice. Competition and Exhibition of Dantesque Sculpture in Ravenna (exhibiting To Overcome Deceit, The Violent against the Next Man, and a medal)
* 1979 - Large-scale bronze statue of “Madonna and Child” for the Church of Altobello in Mestre. Padre Pio in bronze and St. Blaise cast in silver with embossment for Maratea. Series of portraits
* 1980 - Copy of St. James for the church of S. Giacometo in Rialto Venice. Padre Pio, Via Crucis, Font, Paschal candlestick and St. Anthony for Mira Porte
* 1981 - Made Knight of the Republic
* 1982 - Exhibition in the Monastery of S. Nicolờ. Donates to the church of S. Nicolờ a statue of St. Francis which was then cast in bronze at the expense of the parishioners. The Greccio Crib, St. Francis Talking to the Birds, The Canticle of Creatures, Paschal candlestick for the Church of S. Ignazio in Venice Lido
* 1983 - Completed two triptychs (the theological virtues and the three evangelical counsels) and reliquary for the church in Fossờ. Annunciation. The Wait – female figure. Female nude in carved wood in full relief
* 1984 - Works on several pieces for the Rome Quadriennale. Reliquary of the three guardian saints of Padua: St. Anthony, St. Gregory, St. Leopold. Dies on

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