Enzo Plazzotta was born in Mestre, near Venice in 1921 and died aged sixty, after having worked in London as a sculptor for more than half his life. Initially a student of architecture and sculpture, he decided to specialize as a sculptor, and studied at the Accademia di Brera in Milan under the watchful tuition of Giacomo Manzu, among others. His studies were interrupted by World War II in which he became a Partisan leader near Lago Maggiore.
After the war, Plazzotta took up sculpture again gradually established himself as a portrait sculptor but found this field rather limiting and preferred to experiment with his growing fascination for movement, developing techniques for conveying it is such diverse subjects as dance, horses and the human form. Fonteyn, Nerina and Dowell, Park and Wall were among the many dancers who came to the studio.
His female studies are perhaps the most admired of his bronzes and a series of horses in action led to commissioned work of some famous racehorses by their owners.
After the war, Plazzotta took up sculpture again gradually established himself as a portrait sculptor but found this field rather limiting and preferred to experiment with his growing fascination for movement, developing techniques for conveying it is such diverse subjects as dance, horses and the human form. Fonteyn, Nerina and Dowell, Park and Wall were among the many dancers who came to the studio.
His female studies are perhaps the most admired of his bronzes and a series of horses in action led to commissioned work of some famous racehorses by their owners.
