Giuseppi Moretti

  • Italian


Giuseppe Moretti was born in Siena, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1888. For 40 years he sculpted monuments and heroic figures in the United States and Cuba, employing the Beaux-Arts technique, known for its neoclassical style that tended to be heroic and dramatic in nature. Moretti, known for his eclectic personality and for always wearing a green tie, was a prolific artist with completion of 12 World War I memorials, 19 monumental works, six church sculptures, 24 memorial tablets, 14 cemetery memorials, 27 sculptures in marble, bronze, and aluminum, and 27 bronze statuettes. He created the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Toronto in 1919 as a tribute to the 300 local citizens who answered the call for service during World War I. His other Ohio works include the John Patterson Monument (1925) in Dayton and statue of Simon Perkins (1895) in Akron.


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1904/06/00 Vulcan created as a symbol of Birmingham's iron industry, wins the Grand Prize at the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, St Louis World's Fair Sculptor Vulcan Birmingham Louisiana Purchase Exposition
1919/11/11 Dedication of Toronto's Soldiers and Sailors Monument Architect Toronto World War I Monument Toronto
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