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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.

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

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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.

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



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