Sculpture – The Child with a Rooster, Adriano CECIONI (1838-1886) – Bronze

Adriano Cecioni (1838-1886)

Adriano Cecioni, born on July 26, 1836 in Florence, into a family belonging to the local nobility.
Italian painter, sculptor and critic, he belongs to the Macchiaioli group.

Adriano Cecioni began his artistic training in 1859 at the Florentine Academy, with the sculptor Aristodemo Costoli.
In the same year, he fought alongside "Telemaco Signorini" during the Second Italian War of Independence.
In 1860 he participated in a competition to supply works of military art to the Tuscan government.
His proposal, a model for a statue of “Charles Albert of Savoy”, won a prize.

In 1863, Cecioni received a scholarship and went to Naples, where he contributed to the formation of the "Scuola di Resina" group of artists, which included Giuseppe De Nittis, Marco de Gregorio and Federico Rossano.
A major work of this period is his sculpture "The Suicide", which he exhibited at the Florence Academy in 1867.
In 1872, Cecioni spent six months in London, where he contributed a series of caricatures to the magazine "Vanity Fair".

After his return to Italy, the sculptures he produced during the remainder of his career were mainly genre works, often humorous in nature.
In 1884 he became professor of drawing at the Istituto di Magistero Femminile.
Cecioni's activities as an art critic, which began in the 1870s, increasingly occupied his time in the later years of his life.
He died of a heart attack on May 23, 1886.

His works are part of collections such as the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, the Museo Statale d'Arte Medievale e Moderna in Arezzo, and the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Adriano Cecioni (1838-1886)

Adriano Cecioni, born on 26 July 1836 in Florence (Tuscany), into a middle-class family belonging to the local nobility.
An Italian painter, sculptor and critic, he belonged to the Macchiaioli group.

Adriano Cecioni began his artistic training in 1859 at the Florentine Academy, with the sculptor Aristodemo Costoli.
That same year, he fought alongside Telemaco Signorini in the Second War of Italian Independence.
In 1860, he took part in a competition to supply military works of art to the Tuscan government.
His proposal, a model for a statue of “Charles Albert of Savoy”, won a prize.

In 1863, Cecioni received a scholarship and went to Naples, where he helped form the group of artists known as the “Scuola di Resina”, which included Giuseppe De Nittis, Marco de Gregorio and Federico Rossano.
A major work from this period is his sculpture “The Suicide”, which he exhibited at the Florence Academy in 1867.
In 1872, Cecioni spent six months in London, where he contributed to a series of caricatures for the magazine “Vanity Fair”.

After his return to Italy, the sculptures he produced for the rest of his career were mainly genre works, often of a humorous nature.
In 1884, he became professor of drawing at the Istituto di Magistero Femminile.
Cecioni's activities as an art critic, which began in the 1870s, took up more and more of his time in the last years of his life.
He died of a heart attack on May 23, 1886.

His works are included in collections such as the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Palazzo Pitti (Florence), the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Rome), the Museo Statale d'Arte Medievale e Moderna (Arezzo) and the Pinacoteca di Brera ( Milan).