Giannino Castiglioni is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Giannino Castiglioni as Italian sculptor and painter (1884-1971).
Giannino Castiglioni was born at Milan in 1884. His recorded nationality is Italy. He trained at Brera Academy.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the movements arrived in quick succession, each defining itself against the last.
He worked as sculptor, painter and medalist.
His recorded movement is art nouveau and the castiglioni method.
Among his best-known works are Redipuglia war memorial, Monte Grappa war memorial and Caporetto war memorial. A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
That the work was made in Italy shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Giannino Castiglioni died in 1971, aged 87. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Redipuglia war memorial
- Notable work: Monte Grappa war memorial
- Notable work: Caporetto war memorial
- Notable work: Landscape from the view of Villa Natoli
- Movement: Art Nouveau and The Castiglioni Method
