Giorgio Gori

He studied in Florence, Italy between 1927 and 1934; and at the Superior School of Fine Arts in Paris. In July 1949 he settled in Venezuela. His Italian Genius monument was exhibited at the "International Exhibition" in Paris. That same year he installed Pegasus (Aeronautical School, Florence, Italy) and later the Bust of General José Félix Ribas (Ministry of Defense, Caracas, 1951), the Monument to Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda (Plaza Miranda, Los Teques, 1954) and the Monument to the battle of Boyacá (Avenida Boyacá, Caracas, 1971). In 1973 he made the stained glass window the Conversion of Saint Ignatius and the sculpture of Saint Ignatius of Loyola found in the Central Park Chapel (Caracas). Pedro Gual Monument, La Hoyada Station, Caracas Metro; Monument to San Francisco de Asís in Baruta, 1980. Individual exhibitions: Gian Ferrari Gallery, Milan, Italy (1936); Il Fiore Gallery, Florence, Italy (1946); Bosc Gallery, Paris (1948); Karger Gallery, Caracas (1959); Italian Venezuelan Institute of Culture, Caracas (1962); G Gallery, Caracas / El Muro Gallery, Caracas (1963); Acquavella Gallery, Caracas / El Muro Gallery, Caracas (1965); Acquavella Gallery, Caracas (1968); Li Gallery, Caracas (1970); Framauro Gallery, Caracas (1973); "40 monotypes 1973", New Vision Gallery, Caracas (1974); Framauro Gallery, Caracas (1975); Guayasamín Gallery, Caracas (1977); Euro-American Art Center, Caracas (1978); and Galería Siete Siete, Caracas (1980), series of erotic fruits in what was his last individual. Awards: Bronze Medal, Salon of French Artists (1930); First prize, International Medal Contest, La Monnaie, Paris (1935); Prize, National Contest for the Equestrian Statue Genius Itálico, Milan, Italy (1936), (installed in the "International Exhibition", Paris, 1937); National Sculpture Award, XV Official Hall (1954); National Painting Prize, XVI Official Salon (1955); Third prize, X Salon D'Empaire (1964); First prize, painting contest, Mobil, Caracas (1965); First prize, Golden Palette Contest, Reverón Hall, Caracas (1966). Franco-Venezuelan painter, sculptor and stained glass artist Giorgio Gori died in 1990, in Caracas.

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