Vittorio Lavezzari

Vittorio Lavezzari (1864–1938) was an Italian sculptor from the Art Nouveau period, specializing in funerary sculpture.

Present at the Promotrice of Genovese since 1883 (exhibiting a portrait of Rossini), he oriented himself in these years in a realist direction with a progressive accentuation of social themes.

Among the works of this period are Povre babbo mio (1889), Pescatorino (1892) reproduced as a prize for the Promoter's competitions: a notable success was also presented at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.

He was part of the Genovese Artistic Family and was in a friendly relationship with the painters Andrea Figari, Guido Meineri, Lazzaro Luxardo Cesare Viazzi, Angelo Costa, Giuseppe Pennasilico, and the sculptors Pietro Albino and Lorenzo Orengo, with whom he shared the spirit of renewal that animated the art world between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

[1] His funeral production was copious; some works are visible at the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa.