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Prof. Tommasi, the son of sculptor, Leone Tommasi, acknowledged his love for art and acquired his first formal training at a young age. After his primary and secondary school education in Viareggio, he relocated to Florence and simultaneously pursed a degree in Letters and Philosophy at the Università degli Studi di Firenze, and attended the art studio of the well known Italian artist, Pietro Annigoni (1910-1988). Under the guidance of the maestro, Tommasi furthered his studies of painting, drawing and etching while specialising in sculpture and bronze work. In 1966, he earned his doctorate in Art History, presenting a thesis on the 16th century sculptor, Pietro Tacca.

In his career, Prof. Tommasi has held exhibitions of his work throughout in major European cities: Florence, Rome, Milan, Paris, London, Barcellona, Madrid, Malaga, Monovar, and Amsterdam. Today, many of his works can be found in the galleries, museums, churches and squares of these cities as well as near his hometown of Pietrasanta in Tuscany.

Currently, Prof. Tommasi continues to produce his work in his Florentine studio, is chairman of the sculpture department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, as well as chairman of the Department of Fine Arts at the Istituto Europeo in Florence.

Marcello Tommasi has received several prestigious awards, such as:
1964 - National Sculpture Competition in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the death of Michelangelo; his winning piece the "The Conversion of Saul", was then placed in the Sculpture Museum of Michelangelo's native town, Caprese Michelangelo.
1972- Silver medal of the city of Paris & 1976 "Vermeil" medal - both awarded by the Hotel de Ville, Paris
1983, awarded the "Plaquette du Bimillenaire de la Ville de Paris", on occasion of the unveiling of the Liberty Fountain
1988- awarded the title of "Chevalier de l'Ordre des Artes et des Lettres" by the French Minister of Culture

Galleries and Museums which house Marcello Tommasi's work:
Cabinent of Designs and Prints, Uffizi Gallery, Florence
National Library, Paris
University of Pisa
Institute of Art History, University of Florence
Modern art gallery, Piacenza
Modern art gallery, Barcellona
Modern art gallery, Malaga
National Museum, Warsaw
Azorin Museum, Monovar, Alicante
Sculpture museum, Caprese Michelangelo
The Vatican Modern art gallery

Works which can be found in the churches and squares of Paris and Tuscany:

Paris:
"Carolina" bronze statue in G. Piernè Square,
"Ilaria" bronze statue at the entrance to the Communes du Charenton,
Liberty Fountain in L. Blum Square.

Florence:
Bronze doors (8 relief panels), Santa Maria de'Pazzi Church
Bronze statue of San Giuseppe Calasanzio, Scuole Pie Fiorentine
Bronze statuette of St. Francis, Church of Santa Croce
Bronze "Resurrection", Via Ripalta, Nave di Rovezzano
Bronze statue of St. John the Baptist, in Via Nanchino, Nave di Rovezzano
High -relief depicting the Baptism of Christ in the Church of San Marco Vecchio
Bronze statue of Apollo and Daphne, fountain in Piazza Libertà

Pietrasanta and provinces of Lucca and Massa (Northern Tuscany)
14 bronze relief panels depicting the stations of the cross, Duomo
Bronze group sculpture, Piazza Mercato Nuovo
Bronze doors and statue of St. John the Baptist, Pieve dei SS Giovanni e Felicità
Baptismal Font in bronze and crucifix, Church of SS Sacramento
"Crucifixion" altarpiece in oil, Duomo di Saravezza
"Baptism of Christ", fresco, Santuario di Quercioli, Massa
Bronze doors, statues and marble reliefs, Svetlich Chapel, Camposanto di Querceta
"Baptism of Christ", fresco, and a marble statue of the Madonna and Child, Church of Stazzema

Other areas
Bronze Fountain, Memorial to Osvaldo Martini, Castelfranco di Sotto (Pisa)
"Deposition" and "Resurrection" in bronze, Martini Chapel, Camposanto, Castelfranco di Sotto (PI)
"Alcione" high-relief in bronze, Cassa di Risparmio, Prato
Crucifix in Bronze, Church of San Paolo, Prato
Bronze doors (6 panels) and stations of the cross (in bronze) Church of San Giovanni Battista and Sant'Agostino, La Spezia.

CAMILLA BACHERINI
Professor of Sculpture and Ceramics

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Sculptor and scenographer graduated from the Liceo Artistico and the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze in 1992.
She founded the cultural association Pleiadi for the promotion of art and music.
In the years following she directed numerous scenografie and created sculptures for theatre, operas and concerts, her most important works included the following:

1993 Euridice di J. Peri performed at the Cenacolo Andrea del Sarto, Firenze;

1994 Euridice performed at the Pitti Palace, Firenze;

1995 Didone and Enea performed at the Pitti Palace, Firenze; Fare una leggiadra sua vendetta di G.B. Marino presso il Teatro 13 di Firenze;

1996 King Arthur of Purcell performed at the Pitti Palace; various sculptures for Zauberflote at the Wienes Stadhalle, Vienna; artistic director at the Biennal Art and Fashion Show for an exhibit in the gardens of Forte Belvedere, Firenze;

1997 Artistic director at the Biennal Art and Fashion Show at the Guggenheim Museum, Soho, New York;

1998 Monument at the English poet Lord Tennyson exhibited in the Lord Tennyson Park in England;

1999 Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock commissioned by an American foundation;

2000 Reproductions of numerous sculptures, among them being the famous Porcellino of Firenze for the writer Thomas Harrys, Miami Beach, Florida;

2001 Ornamental monuments for the Denver stadium.

Scenografic apparatus for the Roman exhibit on Ertè.

From 1997 has scenographed for the closing show at the Concorso Internazionale di Canto organized by the International Association Europeo Istituto.

REBECCA HAYWARD
Professor of Painting and Drawing

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Rebecca Hayward was born in Chicago, Ill. in 1955 and graduated cum laude with a BA in Art History at the American University of Paris.
She started her formal art training with South African painter and illustrator, Pat Fogarty, learning basic drawing and illustration techniques, then, at the age of 16, she began working with Belgian painter and engraver, Paul Franck specialising in etching and oil painting.
Since 1979, she has been living in Florence Italy where she perfected oil painting techniques at the Cecil-Graves studio.
She is professor at the international section of the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York based in Florence and, since it's foundation, president of the Associazione Artisti Contemporanei di Firenze e Metropoli.

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