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FERDINANDO MARINELLI BIOGRAPHY
Ferdinando Marinelli Jr, grandson of the founder of the Marinelli Foundry, Ferdinando Marinelli Sr, was born in Florence on December 25, 1949.
When he was a child, his grandfather took him to the Foundry to see the pouring of melted bronze into the molds and all the other working phases of the lost wax casting process; everything for him was mysterious: the fire transformed into bronze masterpiece statues, from the magnificent original molds of his grandfather’s collection.
As these amazing sculptures were created and shipped to countries far way, he fantasized on the journeys they were about to make. These works of art were going overseas – his grandfather used to tell him – to show Italy’s skills and expertise.
While Ferdinando Marinelli was studying Medicine at the Florentine University in December 1976, his father Marino died and Ferdinando left the University in 1977 to own and manage the Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli of Florence, that he still owns and directs today after nearly 50 years.
Ferdinando Marinelli serves on the board of The Global Art Authority.
“Many years have since passed but the fact that a part of Italy is being represented through my work is a responsibility I continue to feel – a responsibility that drives me to continue, with passion, to show the world what we can do with our hands."
"Every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it."
-Michelangelo
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