Giannino Castiglioni

Giannino Castiglioni (1884 – 1971) was an italian sculptor, painter and draftsman. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Lierna Lake Como but regularly visited Milano to see his family and work on his art.

Castiglioni was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, with a surrealist influences in order to pursue a more deepened analysis of figurative compositions. Philosophical questions about the such as the motion of the waters, taking up the theme much studied in the area of ​​the mountains of Lierna by Leonardo da Vinci. For this he created fountains and stairs as if they were waterfalls towards Lake Como, as metaphors of human condition, as well as existential and phenomenological debates played a significant role in his work.