Marcello Tommasi Biography
Marcello Tommasi (1928 – 2008) was an Italian sculptor and painter. Active mainly in Florence, Paris and Pietrasanta, he was considered "the symbolic heir of fifteenth-century Neoplatonism". Born into a family of artists, he graduated in Literature at the University of Florence, obtaining a doctorate in History of Art in 1966, with a thesis on Pietro Tacca. Between 1948 and 1958 he frequented Pietro Annigoni's studio, drawing, painting and progressively turning his commitment to sculpture. Marcello Tommasi lived mainly between Florence and Versilia, often moving to his beloved Paris. Master of figurative art, he worked extensively in both sacred and secular art, often taking inspiration from Greek myths. His enormous production includes hundreds of works including drawings, sketches, sculptures, paintings and frescoes. His works can be found in the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints at the Uffizi, in the National Museum of Warsaw, in the modern art galleries of Barcelona, Malaga, Piacenza and the Vatican; at the Azorin Museum in Monovar and at the Michelangelo Museum in Caprese Michelangelo; at the National Library of Paris, at the University of Pisa and at the Institute of Art History of the University of Florence.
