Michele Niccolai | |
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Born |
Livorno, Tuscany | 29 December 1953
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Post modern |
Michele Niccolai is a sculptor born in Livorno. He spent his youth in Cecina. He learned to sculpt and fire clay using his garndfather's furnace. [1]
During his time at university he worked with the master sculptor Alberto Mainardi. After graduating in architecture, he learned from the ceramist Gabriella Zazzeri the Japanese Raku ware technique.
For over 35 years, he has been teaching at the Leon Battisti Alberti high school in Florence.
Examples of his art are Processo a Pigmalione (2005) in the Museo degli Innocenti Firenze, (2009) I Baccanali in the Auditorium of the Duomo of Firenze. In 2013 he was the subject of a solo exhibition celebrating his fifty-year career as a sculptor at the palazzo Panciatichi seat of Consiglio regionale della Toscana.
Critics Maria Giovanna Carli and Maria Carla Caccialupi have written about his sculptural art.
The Sculpture La speranza d'oro is the logo of The Premio Impresa Innovazione Lavoro del Consiglio Regionale della Toscana.
Michele Niccolai | |
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Born |
Livorno, Tuscany | 29 December 1953
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | Post modern |
Michele Niccolai is a sculptor born in Livorno. He spent his youth in Cecina. He learned to sculpt and fire clay using his garndfather's furnace. [1]
During his time at university he worked with the master sculptor Alberto Mainardi. After graduating in architecture, he learned from the ceramist Gabriella Zazzeri the Japanese Raku ware technique.
For over 35 years, he has been teaching at the Leon Battisti Alberti high school in Florence.
Examples of his art are Processo a Pigmalione (2005) in the Museo degli Innocenti Firenze, (2009) I Baccanali in the Auditorium of the Duomo of Firenze. In 2013 he was the subject of a solo exhibition celebrating his fifty-year career as a sculptor at the palazzo Panciatichi seat of Consiglio regionale della Toscana.
Critics Maria Giovanna Carli and Maria Carla Caccialupi have written about his sculptural art.
The Sculpture La speranza d'oro is the logo of The Premio Impresa Innovazione Lavoro del Consiglio Regionale della Toscana.