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Museum of Opera of Guido Calori
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punto di interesse
Saturday, sunday and holidays: 10am – 2pm
point of interest
Saturday, sunday and holidays: 10am – 2pm
Not far away from the Church of Santa Caterina, in via del Tribunale, placed in the highest point of San Gemini in the Rione Rocca, there is the former convent of the Poor Clares which hosts one of the most important museums of Umbria.
The Museo dell’Opera of Guido Calori is composed of six rooms which contains the major part of the works (even pictorial) which were preserves in his roman studio in via Pinciana, of uno of the most important sculptor of Italy of the XX century: Guido Calori.
The monastic complex, restored in the 1980 from the family Mastino Calori, collects bronze sculptures and painting works made between the 1910 and the 1950, and numerous sketches and his work tools.
Between the exposed works there is the valuable bronze Italica Gens, awarded on the occasion of the Biennale di Venezia of the 1930. In the headquarters is also custo guarded the archive of the sculptor. During his career Guido Calori won four awards assigned by the Academy of San Luca in Rome, two for sculpture and two for art literature: the first was when he was only seventeen years old in 1901.
The museum also preserved the drawings, the archive and the work tools which were left in different warehouses used by the artist in Florence during the long period where he was professor in the Academy in Florence.
Not far away from the Church of Santa Caterina, in via del Tribunale, placed in the highest point of San Gemini in the Rione Rocca, there is the former convent of the Poor Clares which hosts one of the most important museums of Umbria.
The Museo dell’Opera of Guido Calori is composed of six rooms which contains the major part of the works (even pictorial) which were preserves in his roman studio in via Pinciana, of uno of the most important sculptor of Italy of the XX century: Guido Calori.
The monastic complex, restored in the 1980 from the family Mastino Calori, collects bronze sculptures and painting works made between the 1910 and the 1950, and numerous sketches and his work tools.
Between the exposed works there is the valuable bronze Italica Gens, awarded on the occasion of the Biennale di Venezia of the 1930. In the headquarters is also custo guarded the archive of the sculptor. During his career Guido Calori won four awards assigned by the Academy of San Luca in Rome, two for sculpture and two for art literature: the first was when he was only seventeen years old in 1901.
The museum also preserved the drawings, the archive and the work tools which were left in different warehouses used by the artist in Florence during the long period where he was professor in the Academy in Florence.
The former convent of Poor Clares of San Gemini built around the XVI century with the annex Church of Santa Caterina is what remains of a big complex which, in addition to was a convent for the poor clares, were also an hospital for the pilgrims who passed along the Via Flaminia.
The former convent of Poor Clares of San Gemini built around the XVI century with the annex Church of Santa Caterina is what remains of a big complex which, in addition to was a convent for the poor clares, were also an hospital for the pilgrims who passed along the Via Flaminia.
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