Giovanni de Martino

Giovanni de Martino
Born	3 or 13 January 1870 Naples, Italy
Died	3 March 1935 Naples, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Known for	sculptor
Notable work	Scodella vuota

Giovanni de Martino (3/13 January 1870 – 3 March 1935) was an Italian sculptor. He made sentimental bronzes, often of street boys, fishermen or women.

De Martino was born in Naples on 3 or 13 January 1870, and studied at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti there, under Gioacchino Toma and Stanislao Lista.

He spent some time in Paris, where he made small groups of figures. In 1900 he won a prize at the Salon de Paris for a bronze of a fisherman. After his return to Naples his work tended towards social realism.

He died in Naples on 3 March 1935.

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