Ruggero Rovan

Ruggero Rovan (1877 – 3 November 1965) was an Italian sculptor. Rovan created "naturalistic and often very emotional sculptures," and is considered one of the greatest 20th-century sculptors and artists from Trieste.

Among his works from the 1920s is the plaster cast bust of his friend Italo Svevo, completed just one year before the demise of the writer, who died on 13 September 1928 in a car crash. Both he and Svevo were part of the circle of artists of the Caffè Garibaldi, whose works were often inspired by their dialogues, by each other's work and also by the friends artists themselves. Other members included Umberto Saba, who in 1921 dedicated his Canzoniere to his "six readers" Bazlen, Romanellis, Giotti, Schiffrer, Rovan and Bolaffio.

In 1935 he moved again to Rome, for work this time, and lived there until 1947. During this period, he also worked for the film industry at Cinecittà.

Rovan died on 3 November 1965 at the Ospedale Maggiore of Trieste.