Dante Parini

Dante Parini (Milan, 21 November 1890 – Milan, 11 April 1969) was an Italian painter and sculptor.

 Biography 
Parini studied at Accademia di Brera under the guidance of masters such as Enrico Butti along with Giannino Castiglioni with whom she shared ideas and projects becoming her friend.Alfonso Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli scultori italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo Novecento: da Antonio Canova ad Arturo Martini (Dante Parini), Volume 2, AdArte, 2003 Parini left for the front of World War II where he was decorated for heroic acts.

He was a sculptor of monuments to the fallen soldiers of world wars and burial monuments,Corriere Milano: ultime notizie Milano e provincia  «Monumentale, tombe saccheggiate, e ora si pensa ad una class action» Corriere della Sera following the example of his Butti master with great technical skill and personal style.

It is its fountain-monument made in 1924 in Piazza Gran Paradiso in Milano in memory of the fallen of Niguarda.A. Anselmi, Milano storica: nelle sue vie, nei suoi monumenti , Hoepli (casa editrice), 1933 Amongst others are the monuments to the fallen of Tarquinia, a work inspired by profound sentiment and suffering humanity, and the monument to the soldiers fallen into Induno Olona war.

Some of his works are in the Monumental Cemetery of Milan, in Sanctuary of San Felice (Parabiago), and in the cemetery of Sarzana. He made a marble bas-relief in the church of Santa Maria at the Maggiore Hospital at Ca 'Granda in Milan with a subject "The healings of Christ".Niguarda e l'arte, Francesco Wildt: “La Guarigione Dello Storpio” Several of his works are preserved at the Ospedale di Niguarda, known as "the City of art". In 1882 Dante Parini took part in the second competition for the execution of the sculptures of Vittoriano "Altar of the Homeland" in Rome, but his project was not chosen.
Dante Parini also devoted himself to painting. During his long life he participated in several international exhibitions.Vincenzo Vicario, Gli scultori italiani dal Neoclassicismo al Liberty: L-Z (Dante Parini), Volume 2, Pomerio, 1994
In 1924 he received the Diploma of Honorary Member of the Accademia di Brera.

He was the first mayor of Brusimpiano after the end of World War II.

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

 References 

 More reading 

 Carlo E. Accetti, Il Libro italiano: rassegna bibliografica generale, Librerie Ulpiano, 1942
 Carlo E. Accetti, Biografia Dante Parini, Tipografia sociale, Monza, 1942
 Arduino Anselmi, Milano storica: nelle sue vie, nei suoi monumenti, Hoepli (casa editrice), 1933
 Giacomo C. Bascapè, La Raccolte d'arte dell'Ospedale Maggiore di Milano dal XV al XX secolo, Silvana Editoriale, 1956
 Alfonso Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli scultori italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo Novecento: da Antonio Canova ad Arturo Martini (Dante Parini), Volume 2, AdArte, 2003
 Vincenzo Vicario, Gli scultori italiani dal Neoclassicismo al Liberty: L-Z (Dante Parini), Volume 2, Pomerio, 1994

 Other websites 
 Schede oggetti ed opere d'arte di Parini Dante, Ministero dei Beni Culturali, Istituto Centrale per il catalogo e la documentazione 
 Bianca Maria Visconti di Parini Dante, Lombardia Beni Culturali 
 Monumento sepolcrale - Monumento Famiglia Pini-Defendini di Parini Dante, Lombardia Beni Culturali
 Ritratto di Bianca Maria Visconti di Parini Dante, Lombardia Beni Culturali
 Studio di ramo con foglie dal vero di Dante Parini, Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso di Viggiù, Lombardia Beni Culturali
  Raccolta d'arte Museo del Policlinico di Milano

Category:1884 births
Category:1971 deaths
Category:Italian architects
Category:Italian sculptors
Category:Painters from Milan