Luciano Minguzzi

Born in Bologna in 1911. Born in Bologna, son of a sculptor. Studied under his father and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. Visited Paris in 1934 on a travelling scholarship.

First one-man exhibition at the 1942 Venice Biennale. His early work chiefly influenced by Bolognese and Florentine early Renaissance sculpture, Giacomo Manzù and Arturo Martini, and including reliefs on religious or mythological themes. Awarded the City of Venice prize for an Italian sculptor jointly with Mascherini at the 1950 Venice Biennale, after an abstract period he went back to "Expressionism", and during the 60s he worked for  Fucina Degli Angeli . 

Throughout the 1960s, the artist held numerous solo and group exhibitions. In 1970, he was commissioned to create the 'Door of Good and Evil' for St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. The 1980s saw him produce a wealth of color drawings, and in 1985, he had a solo exhibition at Galleria del Milione in Milan. This was followed by another exhibition the next year at Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara. In 1996, the Minguzzi Museum was opened in Milan.

The artist passed away in Milan on May 30, 2004.