Description
The Fondazione Pistoiese Jorio Vivarelli is housed in the sculptor's home and studio, on Via di Felceti, in the hills near Pistoia: a 20th-century villa surrounded by a park with his bronze sculptures, a place to get to know the artist's work.
The park, among olive trees, cypresses, mimosas and lindens, holds some of Vivarelli's bronze monuments. Inside, in four halls, drawings, engravings, medals, coins and sculptures follow his path from youth to maturity; there is also the large double-height studio, lit by wide windows.
The house was designed by Oskar Stonorov, an architect and sculptor working in the United States and a friend of Vivarelli's. Work began in 1969, and Stonorov died in 1970, before seeing it finished. Red terracotta, ocher walls and arched windows recall Tuscan farmhouses.
The two pictured it as a "15th-century workshop," a meeting place for young people: in 1971 it hosted courses for foreign students. In 2000 the villa and the works were donated to the city, and the Foundation was born.
The park, among olive trees, cypresses, mimosas and lindens, holds some of Vivarelli's bronze monuments. Inside, in four halls, drawings, engravings, medals, coins and sculptures follow his path from youth to maturity; there is also the large double-height studio, lit by wide windows.
The house was designed by Oskar Stonorov, an architect and sculptor working in the United States and a friend of Vivarelli's. Work began in 1969, and Stonorov died in 1970, before seeing it finished. Red terracotta, ocher walls and arched windows recall Tuscan farmhouses.
The two pictured it as a "15th-century workshop," a meeting place for young people: in 1971 it hosted courses for foreign students. In 2000 the villa and the works were donated to the city, and the Foundation was born.