death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date works article_title name
2008 may 18 pietrasanta pescara , italy italian historical and biblical themes 1921 february 2 painting and sculpture pietro cascella
 pietro cascella
pietro cascella

pietro cascella -lrb- february 2 , 1921 -- may 18 , 2008 -rrb- was an italian painter and sculptor .
cascella was born at pescara into a family of ceramics artists .
in 1938 he moved to rome where he frequented the accademia di belle arti .
in 1943 he took part in the quadriennale di roma painting exhibition and , in 1948 , to the first post-world war ii biennale di venezia .
he is noted for his carrara marble sculptures and his paintings , which often hark back to impressionism and post-impressionism .
he created monumental sculptures for locations as varied as the auschwitz death camp and silvio berlusconi 's underground mausoleum in his villa at arcore .
cascella lived in a medieval castle at verrucola .
he died at pietrasanta in 2008 .
