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Ernesto Bazzaro
Ernesto Bazzaro (1859 in Milan – 1937) was an Italian sculptor.
Biography.
Like his elder brother, Leonardo, Ernesto Bazzaro studied at the Brera Academy in Milan, which he attended from 1875, winning the Luigi Canonica Prize in 1881. As a participant in the lively scene of the "Scapigliatura" movement, he was an attentive observer of the renewal in the plastic arts led by Giuseppe Grandi. He made a name for himself in genre sculpture as well as monumental and cemetery sculpture,
War Memorial of Brugherio
The War Memorial of Brugherio is a sculptural complex made by Ernesto Bazzaro in 1933. It is situated in Via Vittorio Veneto, in front of the Federico Sciviero Primary School.
History.
The mayor of Brugherio at the time, Ercole Balconi, wanted to commemorate the fallen citizens of Brugherio during World War I with a monument. He commissioned scapigliati sculptor Ernesto Bazzaro (well-known war memorial artist in Lombardy) to erect one in Brugherio. The work was officially inaugurated in 1933, being