Richard (Riccardo) Aurili (1864-1943) was an Italian - French sculptor. This signed Bronze of a Boy holding a lamp, was made in the late 19th or early 20th century. Stands 650 mm tall. It is of lovely quality with great detail and is mounted on a green marble base. This is a quality sculpture.
Beginning in 1890 he exhibited his work regularly at the
Salon des Artistes Français, in 1893, 1894, 1896, 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903. as well as at other exhibitions such as the
Salon d'Automne (1897) and the Exposition des Beaux-Arts de Charenton (1903). He also sold his models to Parisian art publishers (1899).
He participated in the
World's Fair of 1904,
Saint-Louis,
Missouri and probably exhibited in parallel in
Florence and kept close links with his region of origin. Around 1904 he left France for
Brussels, where he lived at 10 rue François Stroobant in
Ixelles, and worked for the firm "A. Carli Frères'. with the moulder
Gustave van Vaerenbergh [
fr].In that period he probably taught molding at a Brussels art school. In 1912 he left Belgium with all his family and returned to Tuscany, settling first in Florence, where he may have taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti, and then in
Volterra. When Italy entered the war in May 1915, his son Aurelio joined the army. Riccardo took his daughters and wife to
Nice, where he opened a shop called "Aux Arts Florentins", and he continued his profession as a sculptor-statuary. On March 30, 1916, his son Aurelio died on the Field of Honor during the conquest of
Gorizia. On May 5, 1919, Riccardo was elected "Honorary Academician" of the
Accademia delle Arti del Disegno of Florence
and remained in Nice until 1932. Around 1933 he moved to
Villeneuve-Loubet, still working as a sculptor. After 1935 he retired and moved to
Antibes where he died in 1943.