Giannino Castiglioni

Giannino Castiglioni
Born	(1884-08-04)4 August 1884 Milan, Italy
Died	27 August 1971(1971-08-27) (aged 87) Lierna, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Gio Castiglioni
Occupations	architect painter sculptor

Giannino "Gio" Castiglioni (4 August 1884 – 27 August 1971) was an Italian architect, urbanist, painter and sculptor. His style was representational. Castiglioni was born in Milan and studied at the Accademia di Brera. He finished his studies there in 1906. From the early 1900s he primarily lived and worked in Lierna, a town on Lake Como. In 1951, he designed the master plan, the square, and several individual buildings in Lierna.^[1][2]

The Lierna chair was designed by Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni in Lierna, on the shores of Lake Como, applying the innovative Castiglioni Method developed by Giannino Castiglioni.

Giannino Castiglioni, father of Achille Castiglioni, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, and Livio Castiglioni, was a master and founder of Italian design, and together with his sons helped define the concept of Made in Italy recognized internationally. Some works by the Castiglioni family are exhibited at the MoMA in New York City.

In his early career, Castiglione worked mainly as a painter. His later works were sculptures.

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  Castiglioni staircase, like a waterfall on the lake, Piazzetta di Lierna Lake Como, 1940
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  El trabajo, bronze, Palacio Legislativo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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  Sculpture dedicated to Antonio Bernocchi installed in Legnano, 1925
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  Tomb of Pope Pius XI in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
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  Mausoleum of Antonio Bernocchi, Cimitero Monumentale di Milano

• List of Italian painters

• Media related to Giannino Castiglioni at Wikimedia Commons
• Giannino Castiglioni Museum
• Portal - Scenes from the life of S. Ambrogio from the Milan cathedral, Opera Giannino Castiglioni, affixed in 1950 Milan Cathedral