About this Work
About the Artist
Italian
b. 1928, Naples, Italy
d. 2008, Siena, Italy Plinio Tammaro was born on January 5th, 1928, in Naples, Italy, but grew up in Rome. He followed in his father’s footsteps in becoming an aviator when he moved to Castiglion del Lago. Tammaro attended the Art Institute in Siena, where sculpture caught his eye. He began working in the workshop of the Sienese sculptor Vico Consorti. He would later graduate from the Institute of Fine Arts in Florence. In 1955, he had helped construct the central door of Siena Cathedral, making his debut in the public arts sphere. Tammaro developed stylistically into neorealism, which reflected literary movements of the time. In the 1980s he opened his studio in Milan, where he alternated between creating sculptures and drypoint and soft-ground etchings. He has exhibited at the “Percorso della Scultura Italiana” exhibition and the Sculpture Biennale in Milan, and the 1st International Sculpture Exhibition in Legnano. His sculptures rendered in bronze and wood have thematic differences, such as La Biccherna, Tuscia, Sibilla arborea, Sibilla del mattino, Le figureheads, La luna nel pozzo, Sibilla seminante in Bronze, Selene and the Sibilla, and Sienese Sibilla. Materially, he explored wood in his sculptures Le stagioni, Le spose felice, Eva incerta, and Eva del pescatore. In his final years of production, Tammaro worked in acrylic on canvas, depicting luminous angels.
b. 1928, Naples, Italy
d. 2008, Siena, Italy Plinio Tammaro was born on January 5th, 1928, in Naples, Italy, but grew up in Rome. He followed in his father’s footsteps in becoming an aviator when he moved to Castiglion del Lago. Tammaro attended the Art Institute in Siena, where sculpture caught his eye. He began working in the workshop of the Sienese sculptor Vico Consorti. He would later graduate from the Institute of Fine Arts in Florence. In 1955, he had helped construct the central door of Siena Cathedral, making his debut in the public arts sphere. Tammaro developed stylistically into neorealism, which reflected literary movements of the time. In the 1980s he opened his studio in Milan, where he alternated between creating sculptures and drypoint and soft-ground etchings. He has exhibited at the “Percorso della Scultura Italiana” exhibition and the Sculpture Biennale in Milan, and the 1st International Sculpture Exhibition in Legnano. His sculptures rendered in bronze and wood have thematic differences, such as La Biccherna, Tuscia, Sibilla arborea, Sibilla del mattino, Le figureheads, La luna nel pozzo, Sibilla seminante in Bronze, Selene and the Sibilla, and Sienese Sibilla. Materially, he explored wood in his sculptures Le stagioni, Le spose felice, Eva incerta, and Eva del pescatore. In his final years of production, Tammaro worked in acrylic on canvas, depicting luminous angels.
