{"id":109524,"date":"2022-04-19T11:02:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/ecomsite\/artisti\/francesco-messina\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T09:16:19","slug":"francesco-messina","status":"publish","type":"artisti","link":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/fr\/artisti\/francesco-messina\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesco Messina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francesco Messina<\/a><\/strong> est n\u00e9 le 15 d\u00e9cembre 1900 \u00e0 Linguaglossa, un petit village de Sicile situ\u00e9 sur le versant nord-est de l\u2019Etna.<\/span><\/p>\n

Comme beaucoup de familles pauvres de l’\u00e9poque, la famille Messina envisage d’\u00e9migrer aux \u00c9tats-Unis Am\u00e9rique pour tenter le r\u00eave am\u00e9ricain, mais elle s’arr\u00eate \u00e0 G\u00eanes.<\/span><\/p>\n

C’est l\u00e0 que le jeune Francesco apprend le m\u00e9tier dans les ateliers des marbriers o\u00f9 na\u00eet sa passion pour la sculpture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il n\u2019a que vingt ans quand il commence \u00e0 exposer ses \u0153uvres.<\/span><\/p>\n

En 1922, \u00e0 la suite d’une s\u00e9lection rigoureuse, il r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 participer \u00e0 la XIIe Biennale internationale d\u2019art de Venise<\/em> o\u00f9 il pr\u00e9sente le bronze \u00ab Christ mort \u00bb. <\/span><\/p>\n

En cette occasion, il a le privil\u00e8ge de faire connaissance de Carlo Carr\u00e0<\/strong> et d\u2019Adolfo Wildt<\/strong>. Il y participe \u00e0 nouveau en 1942 o\u00f9 il remporte le premier prix, puis en 1956.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il se lie d’amiti\u00e9 avec les po\u00e8tes Eugenio Montale et Salvatore Quasimodo, et entre en contact avec le peintre Carlo Carr\u00e0 et le sculpteur Arturo Martini.<\/span><\/p>\n

Durant cette p\u00e9riode, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Eugenio Montale, il rencontre au Politeama, Bianca Fochessati Clerici<\/strong>, l’amour de sa vie, qu’il \u00e9pousera en 1944.<\/span><\/p>\n

En 1925, il participe \u00e0 la IIIe Biennale de Rome<\/em> et \u00e0 l\u2019Exposition des Arts D\u00e9coratifs et Industriels Modernes de Paris<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Adolf Wildt, en 1926, l\u2019invite \u00e0 participer \u00e0 la \u00ab Premi\u00e8re Exposition du XXe si\u00e8cle italien \u00bb \u00e0 Milan.<\/span><\/p>\n

En 1932, il s’installe \u00e0 Milan, o\u00f9 il fait la connaissance de repr\u00e9sentants de la culture italienne tels que, entre autres, Giorgio Morandi et Lucio Fontana.<\/span><\/p>\n

En quelques ann\u00e9es, il devient un artiste de notori\u00e9t\u00e9 nationale et repr\u00e9sente souvent l’art italien \u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Malheureusement, il ne reste rien des premiers travaux de Francesco Messina. Comme il le reconnait lui-m\u00eame, il a tout d\u00e9truit. Il expliquera que c\u2019est parce qu\u2019ils ressemblaient \u00e0 de vilaines imitations des \u0153uvres d’Arturo Martini<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c0 34 ans, il remporte le concours national qui lui permet d\u2019obtenir la chaire de sculpture \u00e0 l’Acad\u00e9mie de Brera, qui \u00e9tait pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment celle de Wildt, o\u00f9 il enseignera pendant plus de trente ans.<\/span><\/p>\n

La m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, il remporte le concours organis\u00e9 par la ville de Chiavari pour la r\u00e9alisation du monument \u00e0 Christophe Colomb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Les ann\u00e9es 1950 et 1960 co\u00efncident avec une p\u00e9riode d’activit\u00e9 intense pour le sculpteur, \u00e9minent professeur et artiste tr\u00e8s sollicit\u00e9 tant en Italie qu’\u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger pour des commandes publiques et priv\u00e9es.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quelques \u0153uvres c\u00e9l\u00e8bres de Francesco Messina :<\/span><\/p>\n

-le Monument \u00e0 Sainte Catherine de Sienne au Ch\u00e2teau Saint-Ange, \u00e0 Rome<\/span><\/p>\n

-Pape Pie XII le Monument en l\u2019honneur\u00a0 pour la Basilique Saint-Pierre au Vatican<\/span><\/p>\n

-le Cheval mourant, de 1966, command\u00e9 pour le si\u00e8ge de la RAI \u00e0 Rome<\/span><\/p>\n

-la Via Crucis <\/span>(le Chemin de Croix)<\/span><\/i> en bronze et la grande Vierge \u00e0 l’Enfant en marbre de Carrare pour l\u2019\u00e9glise San Giovanni Rotondo sul Gargano, dans les Pouilles<\/span><\/p>\n

En 1970, la Mairie de Milan lui conc\u00e8de l\u2019usufruit \u00e0 vie de l’\u00e9glise d\u00e9saffect\u00e9e de San Sisto, situ\u00e9e au c\u0153ur de Milan, Via San Sisto 4\/A, qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truite par un bombardement en 1943, pour l’utiliser comme atelier, en \u00e9change de la restauration compl\u00e8te de l’\u00e9glise. Le Mus\u00e9e-atelier civique Francesco Messina a \u00e9t\u00e9 inaugur\u00e9 en 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n

Une salle de l\u2019Appartement Borgia aux Mus\u00e9es du Vatican lui est consacr\u00e9e.<\/span><\/p>\n

Francesco Messina est mort le 13 septembre 1995 \u00e0 Milan, la ville qui l’a accueilli et h\u00e9berg\u00e9 pendant une grande partie de sa vie et qui lui a conf\u00e9r\u00e9 la citoyennet\u00e9 d’honneur.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ses \u0153uvres sont expos\u00e9es dans de nombreuses villes du monde : Berne, Zurich, G\u00f6teborg, Oslo, Paris, Barcelone, Berlin, Munich, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Moscou, Saint-P\u00e9tersbourg, Venise, Vienne, Washington, Tokyo.<\/span><\/p>\n

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