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Giovanni Giuseppe Fontana

Giovanni Giuseppe Fontana (1821 - 1893) was active/lived in Italy, England.  Giovanni Fontana is known for Neo-classical marble sculpture, dignitaries, religious subjects.

Born in Italy, Giovanni Giuseppe Fontana (circa 1821-1893) worked in England from 1850 onwards, primarily from his Chelsea studio in London. The talented neoclassical sculptor - whose admirers included Queen Victoria - primarily used Carrara marble and was first introduced to the Australian colonies with his inclusion in the Sydney international exhibition, 1879-1880.  Exhibited in the British court within the newly built Garden Palace - then located in the Botanic gardens - he presented nine marble sculptures, notably, La Sonnambula (1878, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

Not long after his presentation, Fontana returned to London in 1880 to begin work on his commission issued by New South Wales Premier and patron of the arts, Sir Henry Parkes GCMG (1815-1896) for three large public works for the Colonial Secretary's building (now the General Post Office) facade located in Martin Place. Working from photographs of Queen Victoria, the two-meter-tall public com   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4363 characters.]  Artist bio

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