Enzo Plazzotta
Young Dancer, a bronze opposite the Royal Opera House.
Jeté, a bronze on Millbank, Westminster, London.
Enzo Plazzotta (May 29, 1921 – October 12, 1981) was an Italian-born British sculptor.[1]
Plazzotta was born in Mestre, near Venice, and spent his working life in London. He is best remembered for a fascination with and study of movement in bronze - the human form, horses, ballerinas, and for his female studies, many of which adorn London's streets. He died in London, aged 60.
Works
Public works include:
- Camargue Horses stands on the Waterside Terrace at the Barbican Centre, London
- Crucifixion in the College Gardens of Westminster Abbey.
- Homage to Leonardo stands in Belgrave Square, London.
- Jeté, 1975, on the corner of 46-57 Millbank, Westminster, London (based on David Wall).
- The Helmet,(1964) in the grounds of Lewes Priory; commissioned by Sir Tufton Beamish[2]
- Two Brothers - Boys Town, Nebraska.[3]
- Young Dancer sits opposite the Royal Opera House in Broad Street, off Bow Street, London.
References
- ↑ Enzo Plazzotta: Compton Casey Gallery
- ↑ http://www.publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=75
- ↑ "Two Brothers - Boys Town, NE". Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com. Waymarking.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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