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'''Elio Salya''' or full name '''Emilio Salya''' is an [[Italian people|Italian]] [[Sculpture|sculptor]] know for his sculptural work on the [[House with Chimaeras]] and the [[National Bank of Ukraine building|building of the National Bank of Ukraine]] in [[Kiev]], the capital of [[Ukraine]]. |
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'''Emilio Sala''', also known as '''Elio Salya''' (Ukrainian: Еліо Саля; 30 April 1864, in [[Milan]] – 10 January 1920, in Milan) was an Italian-born sculptor and painter who spent most of his working life in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]. |
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== Biography == |
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In 1890, he and his brother were invited to Russia<ref name="N">[http://namu.kiev.ua/en/about/history/coryphaeus/view.html?cid=2 Brief biography] @ National Art Museum of Ukraine.</ref> to work on the [[Moika Palace]] in [[Saint Petersburg]]. After two years of work there, he heard about the plans to build a new museum in Kyiv and offered his services. As Italian artists were very popular in the Russian Empire, he was accepted and began to create designs. |
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From 1897 to 1905, he produced [[griffin]]s and lions for what is now called the [[National Art Museum of Ukraine]]. During that project, he struck up a very fruitful working relationship with the architect [[Władysław Horodecki]].<ref name="N" /> He also designed various decorations for the [[Karaite Kenesa (Kiev)|Karaite Synagogue]], the [[National Bank of Ukraine building|National Bank of Ukraine]], [[St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, Kiev|St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral]], [[Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute]] and the [[National Opera of Ukraine]]. |
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Unquestionably, though, his best known work is on the [[House with Chimaeras]] (also designed by Horodecki); a flamboyant [[Art Nouveau]]-style building for which Sala created fantastical cement renderings of elephants, panthers, rhinoceroses, giant frogs and other exotic animals. |
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In addition to his architectural work, he taught sculpture at an art school<ref name="N" /> and a trade college. At the outbreak of World War I, he returned to Milan, where he died six years later. |
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Lypky, Kyiv, Ukraine - panoramio - Wolodymyr Lavrynenko.jpg|Frogs and lotus flowers, House with Chimaeras, Kyiv, 1902 |
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80-382-0014 Банкова, 10 (фрагмент).jpg|Woman and catfish, House with Chimaeras, Kyiv, 1902 |
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Kyiv Old Things Museum Leon.JPG|Lion, National Art Museum, Kyiv, 1904 |
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Kyiv, National Bank of Ukraine, decoration (1).jpg|Griffin, National Bank, Kyiv, 1905 |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/private/sala_elia/artworks/147494/0/ Arcadja Auctions: Small works by Sala.] |
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[[Category:Art Nouveau sculptors]] |
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[[Category:1864 births]] |
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[[Category:1920 deaths]] |
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[[Category:20th-century Italian sculptors]] |
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[[Category:20th-century Italian male artists]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:40, 8 November 2023
Emilio Sala, also known as Elio Salya (Ukrainian: Еліо Саля; 30 April 1864, in Milan – 10 January 1920, in Milan) was an Italian-born sculptor and painter who spent most of his working life in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Biography
[edit]In 1890, he and his brother were invited to Russia[1] to work on the Moika Palace in Saint Petersburg. After two years of work there, he heard about the plans to build a new museum in Kyiv and offered his services. As Italian artists were very popular in the Russian Empire, he was accepted and began to create designs.
From 1897 to 1905, he produced griffins and lions for what is now called the National Art Museum of Ukraine. During that project, he struck up a very fruitful working relationship with the architect Władysław Horodecki.[1] He also designed various decorations for the Karaite Synagogue, the National Bank of Ukraine, St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and the National Opera of Ukraine.
Unquestionably, though, his best known work is on the House with Chimaeras (also designed by Horodecki); a flamboyant Art Nouveau-style building for which Sala created fantastical cement renderings of elephants, panthers, rhinoceroses, giant frogs and other exotic animals.
In addition to his architectural work, he taught sculpture at an art school[1] and a trade college. At the outbreak of World War I, he returned to Milan, where he died six years later.
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Frogs and lotus flowers, House with Chimaeras, Kyiv, 1902 -
Woman and catfish, House with Chimaeras, Kyiv, 1902 -
Lion, National Art Museum, Kyiv, 1904 -
Griffin, National Bank, Kyiv, 1905
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Brief biography @ National Art Museum of Ukraine.
External links
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Media related to Emilio Sala (sculptor) at Wikimedia Commons
