Giovanni Antonio Stuardi

Giovanni Antonio Stuardi (Poirino, Piedmont, 1862 -1938) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

Born in Piedmont, and active and resident in Turin. He was a pupil of Odoardo Tabacchi at the Accademia Albertina, and later of a sculptor named Belli.

He completed many of the funereal monuments in the cemeteries of Turin and other towns in Piedmont, including bas-reliefs and portraits, among them, the stucco bust of Lupercus, exhibited at Turin, in 1884; and the statue: Savoia, exhibited in Livorno, in 1886, and in Venice, in 1887, where he exhibited: Flower of the countryside.

In 1889, he displayed a statue of Charity at the Promotrice of Turin, which was acquired by the King. He also completed the Madonna delle Vette on the Rocciamelone's top , which was cast in bronze. He also complete the Monument to Don Bosco a Castelnuovo Don Bosco.