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4 unusual facts about Angelo Colarossi


Angelo Colarossi

He is buried in Feltham Cemetery, which is seven or so acres in area and witnessed its first burial in 1886.

He eventually decided on an ornate fountain, topped with the winged figure of Anteros, the ancient Greek symbol of Selfless Love.

Angelo was reputedly the nephew of Filippo Colarossi, a sculptor who was manager of the famous Académie Colarossi, an art school in Paris, whose students included Amedeo Modigliani and Alphonse Mucha.

Benedict Read - 'Leighton as a Sculptor, Lord Leighton and Leighton House - A Centenary Celebration', Apollo Magazine, 1996;



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