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Pietro Porcelli

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in Perth. His 1902 statue of Alexander Forrest was the first such statue of a prominent public figure to be completed in
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with his father in 1898. Later that year, he completed his first commission – a bust of
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A bronze statue of Porcelli by Perth artist Greg James was unveiled in Kings Square,
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in the 1920s, he returned to Perth in 1939, where he died in 1943. He is buried in
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Academy of Art, he furthered his study of sculpture and drawing in
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Index



C. Y. O'Connor

Fremantle
statues
Western Australia
Explorers' Monument
C. Y. O'Connor
Alexander Forrest
Bisceglie
province of Bari
New South Wales
Naples
Fremantle
Sir John Forrest
Parliament House
Perth
war memorials
Kalgoorlie
Victoria Park
West Leederville
Moora
Karrakatta
Fremantle
John Forrest
Melbourne
Karrakatta Cemetery
John Forrest
Parliament House

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