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Nov 01, 1807 Genoa, Liguria, Italy Died on 11 Jan 1885 (aged 77)
Italian artist (1807-1885)
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About Santo Varni
- Santo Varni (1807 in Genoa – 1885) was an Italian sculptor active mainly in Liguria. He began his training at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, where he was a pupil of Giuseppe Gaggini.
- He moved to Florence, where he was a pupil of Lorenzo Bartolini .
- He is represented by more than forty works at the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa.
- These include the tomb of Bracelli Spinola (1864), the tomb of Andrea Tagliacane (1870), and the tomb of Asarta (1879).
- He began teaching at the Accademia Liguistica in Genoa in 1838, and when Gaggini left for Turin, Varni filled his post, serving until his death in 1885.
- His large collection of drawings and works of local artists was dispersed after his death.
- Among his pupils were Eugenio Baroni and Antonio Allegretti.
