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Alessandro Mazzucotelli

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Alessandro Mazzucotelli ( Lodi, 30 September 1865 - Milan, January 29 1938) was a craftsman Italian . The famous Lombard
craftsman, a specialist in wrought iron , attached his name to the ironwork of the works of the greatest exponents of liberty, not only in Lombardy but also abroad.
Born in Lodi from a merchant family of iron original Imagna valley, soon moved to Milan, where he found work as an apprentice, with his brother Charles, in the smithy of Defendente Oriani in via Aldo Manutius, who later took over (1891 ; from 1902 to 1908 the company was named Mazzucotelli-Engelmann and later worked alone, in first and then to Ponchielli Bicocca).
With extraordinary skill and creativity, able to give the iron supple aspect and "flower" which was the dominant character of Liberty, it soon became a sought-after collaborator of renowned architects such as Giuseppe Sommaruga , Gaetano Moretti , Ernesto Pirovano , Franco Oliva, Ulysses Stacchini and Silvio Gambini .
distinguished himself at the first International Art Exhibition of Modern Decorative Torino of 1902, the year after a journey to different countries together to ' cabinetmaker Eugenio Quarter ; return, a task undertaken by all teachers' Humanitarian . Since 1922
directed the School of Applied Arts ISIA of Monza, where his pupil and successor to the chair of wrought iron Gino Manara ; was president of the International Biennial Exhibition of Applied Arts .
Among the exhibitions he attended later recall the 'Exposition Universelle et Internationale of Brussels ( 1910) and' Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes of Paris ( 1925).
Although his specialty has always been wrought iron, also worked on designs for jewelry Calderoni and textures of the fabrics of Brembate .

Works

• Palazzo Castiglioni in 47 Corso Venezia in Milan (1900-1903, designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga )
• Ferrari 3-5 in Milan in Via Spadari (1902, arch. Ernesto Pirovano)
• The "Gate of butterflies in the house Via 3 Ausonius in Milan (1904)
• House Moneta, Via Ausonia 3, Milan (1904)
• Casa Campanini in via Bellini 11 in Milan (1904)
• The "Gate of gladioli" (1905, now in the Gallery of Modern Art of Charles Rizzarda Feltre )
• Casa Guazzoni 12 in Milan in Via Malpighi (1906, arch. Giovanni Battista Bossi )
• Post Palace (ex-market) in the square in Milan Cordusio 2 (1907, arch. Luigi Broggi )
• La Villa Romeo (1908; today Clinic Columbus , arch. Giuseppe Sommaruga )
The cancellation of
• Chapel expiatory Monza (1910)
• The railings, lamps and railings Marmori Villa (1923, arch. Franco Oliva ) (now Conservatory G. Puccini ) to Spezia
• The wrought iron of Villa Ottolini-Tosi and Villa Ottolini-Tovaglieri in Busto Arsizio
• The chandeliers in the Palace Gallavresi to Caravaggio
• The Kursaal Diana the Baths of San Pellegrino
• Cinema Corso in Via Torino, Milan
• streetlamps Piazza del Duomo in Milan
• The railings, lights, gutters, hotels Campo dei Fiori , Palace of Belvedere Restaurant of Varese, (1908 - 1913, arch. Giuseppe Sommaruga )
• The cancellation of the Fiera di Milano Largo Domodossola in (1923)
Pathé Palace
• being Luigi Settembrini 11 - Milan

Abroad

• The 10 wrought iron gates of the National Theatre of Mexico City (architect Adamo Boari )
• buildings constructed in Bangkok Thailand by Annibale Rigotti between 1907 and 1926)

Bibliography

• Vittorio Pica, Alessandro Mazzucotelli , Milan, Galleria Pesaro, sd
• Bossaglia Ross, Arno M. Hammacher, Mazzucotelli: Italian artist wrought iron Art Nouveau , Ed English, Italian and German, Milan, The Polifilo, 1971 - ISBN 88-7050-472-7
• Giuseppe Maria Jonghi Lavarini , Franco Magnani, Seven centuries of iron: A practical manual for recognizing the styles and judge the quality of wrought iron with an appendix on Alexander Mazzucotelli , Milan , Di Baio Editore, 1991 - ISBN 978-88-7080-326-6
• Iron and liberty: Alessandro Mazzucotelli, architecture, smiths today , edited Group Architecture Art History, City of Monza, Public Library, Milan, Magma, [1979?]
• The ISIA in Monza a school of European art, edited by Rossana Bossaglia and Alberto Crespi, Cinisello Balsamo (Milan), Amilcare Pizzi, 1986.
• Augusto Vecchi, "The Big Book of wrought iron, New Book, La Spezia, 2004 - ISBN 88-8197-392-8

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