It's so hard to pick sculptors. There must be a thousand Italian sculptors alone to choose from, and I'm just taking a bite out of the last few centuries with that number. During my searches, my husband suggested Vittorio Caradossi , a sculptor from Florence. He was born in 1861, died in 1918. That's about as much as I know about him, unless you count his work. Thanks to the ARC for this pic! This piece, called Shooting Stars , is an elegant piece. It's design suggests a reaching for the heavens. An amazing marble piece of two young women depicting the epitomy of graceful, stretched from their toes to their hair, which is flowing upward. Picture thanks to Portuguese Wikipedia This sculpture is not only fun, but thought-provoking. Woman With A Mirror is a marble sculpture that is actually attached to a mirror. Another elegant and graceful pose. What I like about these statues is his use of drapery. It's very well done, rivaling Bernini's detaile
Michael Aaron Hall, Sculpting in Bronze and Stone