L'ARCHIVIO NINO FRANCHINA. DOCUMENTI E IMMAGINI PER LA RICOSTRUZIONE CRITICA DI UNA VICENDA ARTISTICA

Nino Franchina Archive. Documents and images for a critical reconstruction of an artistic event. PhD thesis by Valentina Raimondo The purpose of the research was to reconstruct the artistic path of the Sicilian sculptor Nino Franchina considering his work from the beginning of his career during the Thirties until 1987 when he died. The author of the text have tried to consider the most relevant events that occurred in the sculptor’s life, the main artworks he have realized and, in the meantime, to show which artists have inspired his work. The fundamental instrument, used by Raimondo, to achieve the aim of the research is the consultation of the materials preserved in Nino Franchina Archive in Rome. Thanks to the numerous documents, drawings, sculptures and photos that the writer has found inside the archive it was possible to evaluate in an appropriate manner the artist’s figure and to unearth it from the oblivion of the past twenty years.