Gino Coppedè
| Gino Coppedè | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 September 1866 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 20 September 1927 (aged 60) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Mackenzie Castle Quartiere Coppedé Villa La Gaeta Palazzo Galli Villa Barsanti |
Luigi "Gino" Coppedè (26 September 1866 – 20 September 1927) was an Italian architect, sculptor and decorator. He was an exponent of Art Nouveau.
Coppedè was born in Florence. Son of Mariano Coppedè and brother of Adolfo Coppedè (also an architect, and occasional collaborator. Adolfo's most notable solo project was the Castello Cova (also known as the Cova Viviani Palace) of Milan).
Gino's early education was at a Pious School and later in the local Florentine School of Industrial Decorative Arts, where he graduated with a diploma. He at first worked in his father's woodcarving studio, between 1885 and 1890. It was here that his sculpture work developed and he came into contact with various influential Tuscan architects. In 1889 he married Beatrice, daughter of sculptor Pasquale Romanelli with whom he had three daughters. His first main work was the Mackenzie Castle in the Castelletto quarter of Genoa in 1890. The work was commissioned by Evan Mackenzie a Genovese banker. This was to be his first major success, and as a result he moved his family to Genoa. Thanks to MacKenzie, he got a number of commissions. and during this period he was an occasional member of the Municipal Council of Genoa, on the town Planning commission.
In 1891 he entered the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze where he became professor of architectural design.
Several, academic organizations granted him honorary degrees. He was named "Academic of Merit" of 'Academy Ligustica of Genoa, later, Academician of the "Pietro Vannucci" Perugia Academy of Fine Arts, then Academician for the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino" and also later assumed a doctorate from the Engineering School of Rome.
Starting in 1917, Coppedè worked in Rome on a series of buildings in the Art Nouveau style, forming what would later be known as the Quartiere Coppedè ("Coppedè Quarter"). In the June of the same same year he became a professor of General Architecture at the University of Pisa.
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