Arturo Martini (1889–1947) was a leading Italian sculptor between World War I and II. He moved between a very vigorous classicism and modernism. He was associated with public sculpture in fascist Italy, but later renounced his medium altogether.
Horse, 1926 ca. (Fondazione Cariplo)
The thirst (La sete) by Arturo Martini, 1934. Photo by Paolo Monti (Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC)
Earthenware. Photo by Paolo Monti. Il Milione gallery, Milan, 1963.
Annunciation (Annunciazione). Photo by Paolo Monti. Milan, 1963.
Tito Minniti was an Italian pilot who was killed during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War in 1935 near Degehabur. It is unknown whether he died in combat or after being captured by Ethiopian forces. His death and alleged torture became an atrocity story proffered by the Italian government to justify their use of mustard gas against Ethiopian civilians. Minniti was posthumously decorated with the Italian Gold Medal of Valour.
Tito Minniti
The Romeo Ro.1 airplane used by Tito Minniti