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Alessandro Mazzucotelli

Alessandro Mazzucotelli (Lodi, December 30, 1865 - Milan, January 29, 1938) was an Italian craftsman, particularly known as a master ironworker and decorator. A specialist in wrought iron, Mazzucotelli linked his fame to the decorations of the works of the major exponents of Art Nouveau in Italy and abroad.

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Biography edit

 
A. Mazzucotelli

Wrought iron lamppost

villa Ottolini-Tosi, Busto Arsizio

Mazzucotelli was born in Lodi to Giovanni Valente, an iron merchant originally from Locatello di valle Imagna, and Rosa Caprara.[1] At the age of 18 he moved to Milan as an apprentice with his brother Carlo in the blacksmith store of Defendente Oriani, which he later took over in 1891.[2] From 1902 to 1908 the company running the shop was called Mazzucotelli-Engelmann; later he worked alone, first in via Ponchielli and then in 1909 at Bicocca.

Mazzucotelli collaborated with architects such as Giuseppe Sommaruga, Gaetano Moretti, Ernesto Pirovano, Franco Oliva, Ulisse Stacchini and Silvio Gambini.[3][4][5]

In his early years he was influenced by the painter Giovanni Beltrami who founded the largest Milanese glassworks dedicated to Art Nouveau.[5]

In 1902 he distinguished himself at the first International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin; Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Louis Comfort Tiffany and Peter Behrens participated in it. The following year he made a trip to several European countries together with Eugenio Quarti and on his return, he became a lecturer at the Umanitaria.[2]

In this period of time he completed his first important commissions such as the Palazzo dell'ex Borsa (now the Post Office) in Milan, the Villa Ottolini-Tosi in Busto Arsizio and the Ville Fabbro and Villa Antonini in Mogliano Veneto.

Mazzucotelli used to make a sketch by observing nature, then returned to his workshop to rework it by making a life-size drawing on cardboard and then cut out, so as to have a more concrete vision of his project.[2]

In 1906 he participated alongside Eugenio Quarti at the International Exhibition of Sempione in Milan, exhibiting the "Gate of Gladioli", now on display at the Gallery of Modern Art Carlo Rizzarda of Feltre. Remarkable were also the realizations for Villa Faccanoni-Romeo (via Buonarroti 48) and Casa Tensi (via Vivaio 4) in Milan, the Kursaal of San Pellegrino Terme, and the Palace Grand Hotel in Varese.

His activity intensified after the opening of his new company in Bicocca, in 1909, where he began to work with South American clients and to intervene on celebratory buildings such as the Expiatory Chapel in Monza, the city named a street after him.

In 1922 he founded and directed the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) in Monza, where he had as a student and successor to the chair of wrought iron Gino Manara; he was president of the International Biennial Exhibition of Applied Arts in 1923 where he presented the gate "Groviglio di serpi".

Among the exhibitions in which he participated later include the Exposition Universelle et Internationale in Brussels (1910) and the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris (1925).

He was called by Pompeo Mariani to decorate his villa in Bordighera and Gabriele D'Annunzio for the Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone Riviera. In 1929 he was elected deputy to the Chamber in the XXVIII legislature of the Kingdom of Italy.[6]

The City of Milan has named the street Alessandro Mazzucotelli near Viale Forlanini, in the eastern suburbs of the city, after the artist.

Honors edit

 
Cavaliere del Lavoro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
 Cavaliere del Lavoro
— 10 marzo 1912[7]
 
Cavaliere del Lavoro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
 Cavaliere del Lavoro
— 10 marzo 1912[7]

Works edit

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Elsewhere in Italy edit

 
Detail of the gate of the Expiatory chapel in Monza
 
The wrought irons depicting plant elements of the Ottolini-Tosi villa in Busto Arsizio

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MAZZUCOTELLI, Alessandro in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "E. Quarti and A. Mazzucotelli, two protean figures: artists, artisans, industrialists, teachers". Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  3. ^

    Onesti, C.

    — pp. 98
  4. ^ Giuseppe M. Jonghi Lavarini (1987). Ferri battuti, volume 2. Di Baio Editore. ISBN 88-70801551. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b Nino Salvaneschi (June 1938). "Argo | Revista Trimestrale" (Anno X, 2). Milan: Per Cura Della Unione Italiana Ciechi: 27. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "Archivio Camera". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Ricerca Avanzata". www.cavalieridellavoro.it. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Albergo Regina". www.amicidisalsomaggiore.it. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  9. ^ "Gabbia del Pozzo Scotti". www.visitsalsomaggiore.it. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Grand Hotel Des Thermes". www.italialiberty.it. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. ^ Valeriana Maspero (2007). Storia di Monza. Vittone. p. 228. ISBN 978-88-88478-08-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)

Bibliography edit

  • Pica, Vittorio, Alessandro Mazzucotelli, Milan, Galleria Pesaro, s.d.
  • Bossaglia, Rossana, Hammacher, Arno M. , Mazzucotelli: l'artista italiano del ferro battuto liberty, Ed. italiana, inglese e tedesca, Milano, Il Polifilo, 1971 - ISBN
  • Giuseppe Maria Jonghi Lavarini, Franco Magnani, Sette secoli di ferro: Manuale pratico per riconoscere gli stili e giudicare la qualità del ferro battuto Con un'appendice su Alessandro Mazzucotelli, Milano, Di Baio Editore, 1991 - ISBN
  • Ferro e liberty: Alessandro Mazzucotelli, architettura, fabbri di oggi, a cura del Gruppo architettura storia dell'arte, Comune di Monza, Biblioteca civica, Milan, Magma, [1979?]
  • L'ISIA a Monza una scuola d'arte europea, a cura di Rossana Bossaglia e Alberto Crespi, Cinisello Balsamo (Milano), Amilcare Pizzi, 1986.
  • Augusto Vecchi, "Il grande libro del ferro battuto", New Book, La Spezia, 2004 - ISBN

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