Ferdinando Vichi (1875 - 1945)

Ferdinando Vichi

Ferdinando Vichi was a famous Italian sculptor.

Ferdinando was fascinated by art from childhood and soon enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He later worked in Germany, France, England, both Americas and India. International critics were very complimentary of the young Vichi, who was not yet twenty years old.

Ferdinando Vichi was a prolific and respected sculptor in Florence in the last half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. He worked primarily with marble, taking inspiration from classical, renaissance and mythological works. His historical-romantic sculptures were very popular: "Cupid and Psyche", "The Seasons" and others are consistently admired by the public.

Ferdinando Vichi created many commissioned sculptural portraits, including three American presidents, McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft. He has also erected numerous monuments to the fallen in Italian cities, a monument to Senator Donato Marelli and a large number of tombs of famous families in England, Switzerland.