Name
Buzzi Reschini, Giacomo

Gender
Male

Birth
1881 Viggiu

Death
1962 Turin

Descriptive Note

Giacomo Buzzi Reschini was a Turinese sculptor. He attended the Accademia Albertina in Turin and was a pupil of sculptor Leonardo Bistolfi.  In Turin, he became well-known after participating in the two Exposition of Fine Arts in 1909 (with the portrait of a young girl entitled "Stella Alpina") and 1911 (iwhen he won gold medal for sculpture).

The Turin World's Fair Committee invited him to work on the decorative statues of the Pavilion of Music (specifically, on the entire frieze of the dome) and the Pavilion of Argentina (the majestic horses and the two genies in the "pronao").

Others valuable works of him can be found in the Palazzo del Governatorato della Città del Vaticano and in the Collegio Boemo in Rome.

Roles
Artists (Visual Artists), Sculptors

Related Locations

• Turin
• Viggiu

Related Built Environment Objects

• Pavilion of the Republic of Argentina
• Pavilion of the City of Turin