Michele La Spina

Italian sculptor
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IntroItalian sculptor
PlacesItaly
isArtist Sculptor Painter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
BirthAcireale
DeathRome
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Biography

Michele La Spina (Acireale, 1849 - Rome, 1943) was an Italian sculptor.
He was born at Arcireale, Sicily, but worked mostly in Rome. He completed various statuary concepts. Among his works are a Faun making a flute (exhibited in Rome in 1883); a portrait of Lionardo Vigo, cast in bronze by the Nelly Foundry; and a statue of a Dog. He was also active in Florence and Naples. He completed a colossal Bust of Garibaldi in Stucco, exhibited at the Pinacoteca Zelantea and a Monument to the Fallen in War in piazza Garibaldi.

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