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V.O.M. Petrillo was born in Rome the 14
th
August of 1932.
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He obtained a diploma at the
artistic Institute “Galileo Galilei”
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in Rome. He also
attended the Academy of Fine
Arts of Rome
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and the Academy
of Fine Arts of France.
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From
1955
to
1960 he served his artistic
apprenticeship in the
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atelier of
Leonardo Leoncillo
at Villa
Massimo in Rome.
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In 1961 he worked in an
atelier nearby Piazza del Popolo in Rome
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with
the sculptors Franco Ciuti and Mario Ceroli.
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In 1963 he worked in the roman
Palace of the Prince Carloni and
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then
from 1965 to 1967 in Via Giulia in Rome.
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In 1967 the artist moved to Villa Aldobrandini
(Rome).
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Finally, in 1975,
he settled in the atelier of Via Margutta n° 83
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where the architect Valadier
also
lived (Valadier was
the author
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of the plan
of Piazza del Popolo
in Rome). He stayed there until
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his death the 31th August 2001. |
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From1983 to 2001 Petrillo was also an art professor at the
Roman
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school of art of San Giacomo.Important artists of the
twentieth
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century studied in this school. |
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Petrillo won 25 prizes.
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The artist's works are in private collections and
in very important |
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museums:"Palazzo Pitti" in Florence,"National Museum of Modern
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Art" in Rome, etc. |
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