Marini

Marini, Marino, 1901-66, Italian sculptor. Marini is best known for his many vigorous sculptures of horses and horsemen (e.g., Horse and Rider, 1949-50), although he has created notable portrait busts, group statues, and paintings and drawings. After 1955 he tended toward a more dramatic expression of form. His works are in many European and American museums.

(born Feb. 27, 1901, Pistoia, Italy—died Aug. 6, 1980, Viareggio) Italian sculptor and painter. Working primarily in bronze, he concentrated on two major images: the earthbound woman and the horse and rider. His sensitivity to form and surface owes much to Etruscan and Roman works, but the inner tension of his bold, straining figures reflects an Expressionist sensibility. His portrait busts, as of Igor Stravinsky (1950), capture the spiritual substratum of his subjects. In the 1940s he turned to painting nearly abstract works.

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(born Feb. 27, 1901, Pistoia, Italy—died Aug. 6, 1980, Viareggio) Italian sculptor and painter. Working primarily in bronze, he concentrated on two major images: the earthbound woman and the horse and rider. His sensitivity to form and surface owes much to Etruscan and Roman works, but the inner tension of his bold, straining figures reflects an Expressionist sensibility. His portrait busts, as of Igor Stravinsky (1950), capture the spiritual substratum of his subjects. In the 1940s he turned to painting nearly abstract works.

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Marini may refer to any of the following:

• The Marinid or Mariní people (describing both ethnicity and the Marinid dynasty)

People having Marini as a surname:

• Biagio Marini (ca. 1587-1663), Italian composer of violin sonatas
• Enrico Marini (born 1969), Italian comic artist
• Franco Marini (born 1933), Italian politician
• Giacomo Marini (born 1951), Italian/American businessperson
• Giambattista Marini or Marino (born 1569, died 1625), Italian writer and poet
• Guido Marini (born 1965), Italian priest and current Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations
• Marino Marini (1901-1980), Italian sculptor
• Piero Marini (born 1942), Italian archbishop