MADRASSI, Luca

Italian sculptor. He studied in Rome and Paris. He moved to France at a young age and quickly settled in France and took French citizenship. He studied under Jules Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and later worked in the studio of Émile-Antoine Bourdelle. In joining Carrier-Belleuse’s studio he was exposed to finely conceived compositions of mythological and poetic female figures, which would later be echoed in his oeuvre. He was also a primary assistant to Ronald Gower (1845-1916) and the Gower Memorial.

Madrassi exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français in Paris (1881-1896); regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon between 1879 and 1914 and other international exhibitions in London and Liège at the end of the nineteenth century.

His career spanned the years from about 1869 to 1914. Very imaginative, Madrassi carried out many busts, statuettes, statues, and groups mainly on allegorical subjects or of kind.