Pencil drawing on paper, sketch of a female nude - Gabriele Vicari

Pencil sketch of a female nude on paper – size 50 X 35 cm. Sketch by the sculptor Gabriele Vicari (1971). He also exhibited at the Florence Biennale of Antiquities with a sculpture at the Frilli Gallery. Gabriele Vicari was born in Lucca in 1971. Already during his compulsory schooling, he demonstrated a strong aptitude for figurative arts, which led him to enroll in sculpture at the local art institute “A. Passaglia”, where he obtained a Master of Art and was awarded the title of “Most Talented Student”. He then graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara, with a thesis entitled “Morphological Differences in Human Anatomy”. After his studies, for professional reasons related to his passion for art, he moved abroad to pursue his passion. He then attended the studios of the sculptor Marcello Tommasi, in Pietrasanta and Florence. A portraitist of undisputed value, in 2009 he won the international prize "The Pangolin Award", organized by the London Portraitists Association. Specializing in sculptural portraiture, using figurative art techniques, his works are permanently exhibited in public and private collections in Italy and abroad: Denver, Victoria, Toronto, Santa Maria a Monte, Yale, Brussels, Camaiore, London, Oslo, Florence, Cefalù, Calais, Capannori in Lucca, to name a few. Among the many portraits he has sculpted or painted are those of Harvey Goldblatt, president of Yale University, whose painting was on display in the university hall; Armando Barbon; Colin Graham, first director of the Classical Art Gallery of Victoria; Michael Williams; and the musicologist Don Angelo Bevilacqua. Many of his sculptures are displayed in Canadian squares, such as the monument dedicated to Sir James Douglas, the first governor of British Columbia. He recently painted the portraits of Gabriele D'Annunzio for the Vittoriale degli Italiani, considered by critics such as Giordano Bruno Guerri and Geirut to be the finest portrait of the poet ever painted; and that of Galileo Galilei, now in Pisa; the Corsini Countesses of Florence; the bust of Carducci in Santa Maria a Monte; and many others; Mother Assunta Marchetti in Brazil. Of particular interest is the large painted wooden crucifix in the collegiate church of Santa Maria Assunta in Camaiore. He recently inaugurated the statue of Saint Bernardino of Siena, located in the square that bears his name, and the monumental statue of Raimond Roger Trencavel, installed in Piazza Albigeois, at the foot of the Cathedral of Saint Nazaire in Béziers, France, 3.5 meters high. For years, he has collaborated with foundries and marble workers in Pietrasanta, where he casts his portraits or models them in marble. His talent as a portraitist also shines through in his drawings and paintings. He has also founded sculpture schools in Canada, New York, and Pietrasanta. Many qualified journalists and prestigious national and international art critics have spoken highly of him and his art: "Vicari's art harks back to the great Tuscan tradition, whose technical perfection and formal harmony constitute the essential rule and the most authentic expressive purpose.".