A number of good Article Contest photographs I discovered:
San Francisco – California – Golden State Park – Giuseppe VERDI – By Orizo Grossoni – 1941
Image by Onasill ~ Bill – 85 Million – Be Safe
The Beethoven and Verdi statues have been erected in Golden Gate Park within the years instantly previous America’s participation within the World War in Europe.
The Verdi statue had been deliberate ever for the reason that composer’s demise on January 27, 1901. An article within the San Francisco Chronicle later that yr tells of a live performance by the Royal Italian Band to lift funds for the art work ("Verdi Monument Concert," Nov. 9, 1901).
Ettore Patrizi, editor of L’Italia, San Francisco’s Italian language newspaper of that point, was the prime pressure behind the subscription fund that finally raised ,000 to fee a statue. He commissioned the work by a contest on the Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano that selected a design by Orazio Grossoni from a subject of 5 finalists. Grossoni (1867-1952) was a local of Milan who had received a Silver Medal on the Exposition Universelle de 1900 in Paris. 313
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Image by Harper Ganesvoort
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