Boccioni, Umberto [memorial] b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916 Painter, Sculptor, Theorist. The greatest of the Italian Futurists, he celebrated the vitality of the industrial age by seeking to depict time, space, energy, and even sound in his work. Although he was active with that movement only a short period before his premature death, Boccioni's ideas had far-reaching consequences in the development of 20th Century art. His best known masterpieces, the painting "The City Rises" (1910) and the bronze sculpture "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Umberto Boccioni Memorial, Chievo, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
Boccioni, Umberto b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916 Painter, Sculptor, Theorist. The greatest of the Italian Futurists, he celebrated the vitality of the industrial age by seeking to depict time, space, energy, and even sound in his work. Although he was active with that movement only a short period before his premature death, Boccioni's ideas had far-reaching consequences in the development of 20th Century art. His best known masterpieces, the painting "The City Rises" (1910) and the bronze sculpture "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Cimitero Monumentale di Verona, Verona, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
Lucius III, Pope b. 1110 d. November 25, 1185 Roman Catholic Pope 1181-85. The 171st Pope was born Ubaldo Allucingoli in Lucca c1110. He was elected Pope on 1st September 1181 and crowned on 6th September. He lived in Rome initially, but from 1182 he had to live the remainder of his pontificate in exile. He was making plans for the third Crusade just before his death in Verona. (Bio by: Bunny Boiler) Duomo, Verona, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
Wirth, Christian b. November 24, 1885 d. May 26, 1944 SS Commander and World War II War-Criminal. He was a leading perpetrator of the Holocaust and played a direct role in the murders of over 2 million Jews. Wirth was born in Oberbalzheim, Germany. He was a construction worker before serving in the German Army during World War I. After the war he joined the Stuttgart Police and rose to the rank of Chief of the Homicide Division, largely through his success in beating confessions out of suspects. He became a member of the Nazi Party in 1931...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) German Military Cemetery, Costermano, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy Plot: Grave 716
Zenatello, Giovanni b. February 22, 1876 d. February 11, 1949 Opera Singer. A dramatic tenor, he sang in many of the world's principal opera houses and is remembered as his generation's leading exponent of Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello". Taking to music from an early age he originally trained as a baritone and made his professional debut at Belluno in 1898; the next year he was called upon to substitute for an ailing tenor as Canio in Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" at the Teatro Mercadante in Naples and was a tenor ever after. Zenatello made his La Scala Milano...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Cimitero Monumentale di Verona, Verona, Provincia di Verona, Veneto, Italy
b. October 19, 1882 d. August 16, 1916