Bronze sculpture - Sirio Tofaniri, Ca 1925

Bronze sculpture

Ca 1925

Design Sirio Tofaniri (1886-1969)

The sculptor Sirio Tofanari was born in Florence on 9th Apri l886 and learnt the first elements of drawing at the "Accademia di Belle Arti" in Florence. In 1907 he went to Paris and then to London where he lived for a period and, inspired by the great school of instinct and from his study of nature, he dedicated himself to the sculpture of animals, to show his interior feelings and the boundless love he always had for animals. Hoog 95 cm x breed 85 cm