Biography & Work

Biography

Tonino Scuccimarra (Rome, 18 February 1943) is an Italian sculptor. After obtaining a Master of Art diploma in Rome, he trained within the school of Cigliano, Gemito, Clementi, Decourten, Gaetaniello and Mazzullo. With Leoncillo Leonardi and Nino Caruso he refined his clay modelling, looking to the sculptural language of Arturo Martini.

His research ranges from sacred and monumental sculpture — marble and bronze statues, portals for churches and public spaces — to a parallel body of bronze statuettes and terracotta pieces with a more intimate character.

His poetics is grounded in the tension between gesture and matter, in the idea that sculpture should preserve movement, never crystallising into a definitive form.

He has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad; his work is documented in specialist publications and contemporary art reference books.

Artistic activity

A central part of his work is made up of studio pieces: bronze statuettes, terracotta works, sketches and figures that explore gesture, movement and the purity of form. Between 1965 and 1980 he created a series of bronze statuettes depicting children, a poetic core of his work and a constant point of reference even in his more recent research.

Alongside this path, Scuccimarra is the author of numerous sacred works and monumental interventions. Among his best-known works are the Virgin of Welcome in Sestriere (2000), the Madonna of the Snow in Tempio Pausania (2001), the bronze portals of the Mother Church of Aidone (1984) and of San Ferdinando di Puglia (1985), as well as the statue dedicated to the Madri Coraggio (“Courageous Mothers”) in Capranica (2001).

A selection of works is presented on the Works page, structured into Studio works (bronze statuettes, terracotta pieces and sketches), Sacred art and Monumental works.