Francesco Trentini Biography
Francesco Trentini was born in Lasino in 1876 and, after completing his elementary school education, he began working as a shepherd in the areas surrounding Lasino, where he demonstrated his first interest in sculpture by engraving his first figures on rocks. In 1893, thanks to the intervention of Don Francesco Pisoni, he was enrolled at the Imperial Royal Industrial School of Trento for marble processing. Having completed these studies, he decided to deepen his skills by attending four further six-monthly courses on wood carving, drawing and modeling in Vienna. His goal was to be admitted to the Academy of Figurative Arts in Vienna and, in 1900, he managed to obtain admission, albeit as an audience member since he did not possess the required requirements. In Vienna he also frequents the Italian academic club, which hosts young Italians engaged in higher studies. In 1908, at the end of his sculpture studies, he was awarded the Rome prize, a special scholarship that offers the most talented students the opportunity to continue their studies abroad. Thus began his journey and visits to numerous European museums. He returned to Lasino in 1909, the year in which he created the bust of Roberto Bassetti. In 1914 he was drafted into the Austrian army at the outbreak of the First World War and, at the end of the conflict, he resumed his artistic activity. Between 1920 and 1925 he created the Lasino war memorial, creating plastic and neutral solutions on a political level to honor all the fallen. Subsequently, Trentini dedicated himself to agriculture in order to remain in close contact with nature. In 1966, Francesco Trentini died in Lasino.
