Vincenzo Ragusa Artist

Vincenzo Ragusa (8 July 1841 – 13 March 1927) was an Italian sculptor who lived in Meiji period Japan from 1876–1882. He introduced European techniques in bronze casting, and new methods of modeling in wood, clay, plaster and wire armatures which exerted a significant role in the development of the modern Japanese sculptural arts.

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Vincenzo Ragusa
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1841
Birth place
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , Palermo
Nationality
Italy
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1927
Place of death
Italy , Palermo

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Field of work
Sculpture

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