Felice Mina - Italian Sculptor 1912 1976
February 6th, 2018 - Milan, Mi
Felice Mina was born in Cagno (Como) on August 20, 1912 from a simple and modest family of workers. He went to Milan when he was very young to keep the Art studying, started since his childhood at the Cantello and Viggi's drawing school, and to sculpt statues in marbles laboratories at Ornati. In 1930 he attended Brera's accademy and simultaneously the Castello's school of art. In 1935 he is finally able to realize his dream: a workshop managed by himself; hence the series of difficult years: the war in Africa, the call of duty and, once back from Greece discovering his workshop damaged and destroyed. Inspired by his major desire to create and express his personal feelings through the amorphous material he get back to work where facing starvation and difficulty he began his artistic sculptor career. His masterpieces are spread worledwide in private collections; The crucifix donated by Pope Paul VI to Philippines and the Pope John XXIII 's medal, brought on the moon by the American astronauts and now preserved in the Vatican Museum are his artifacts. Many monuments are located in Milan, Varese, Trento, Vicenza, Brescia; to indicate are the war dead memorials in Cantello, Azzate, Buguaggiate and Solaro. From 1954 to 1976 has been an appreciated teacher by both students and colleagues in the Castello Sforzesco's school of art in Milan. Died, in his Cantello's home on September 6, 1976.