Famous people wholive in with Liguria as their adopted country
Many artists from all over the world have fallen in love with Liguria
and have chosen it as their adopted country. Here you will find a list of
international artists and famous people:
Artists
Regina Richter
Regina Richter was born 27th July 1947 in Hamburg. She studied from 1968
until 1972 at the Polytechnic for Design in Hamburg, which she finished in
1972, gaining a Diploma. Since this time she has been working as an
illustrator and painter. In 1996 she established the Summer Academy in
Montalto/Liguria, which she leads still today. From this year the following
courses are bookable: watercolour painting, Painting of forms and gilding,
free painting and acrylic work and woodwork.
Flavio Furlani was born 1933 in Turin. He started his career as a
photographer. His main work has been photographing the Ponente for the
tourist journals. 15 years ago he began working with plastics. One of his
most famous sculptures is the "Bentornata Llaria" that you can visit in the
Castello of Zuccarello. Today he lives in Albenga. His art studio, "Studio
e la bottega d'arte" is in the Via Mazzini 16, 17031 Albenga (SV), Tel.
00393474664592).
Adrian Wettach was an exceptionally gifted and popular entertainer, a clown
and an artist. Many of the European kings and heads of governments
adored him. In 1951 he first established his travelling circus. In 1927
Wettach bought some land with a sea view in Imperia and built his large
Villa Bianca. He created the villa in different styles, such as Baroque,
Rococo and Art Nouveau. He passed the last years of his life here until
his death in 1959. His daughter sold the Villa in 1975. Today it is
property of the Province Imperia and is called Villa Grock.
Founder of the Nobel Prize
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel was born 21st October 1833 in Stockholm. At the age of 17
years, he spoke 5 languages (German, English, French, Russian and Swedish)
fluently. His family's wealth meant that he could enjoy a very good
education and he studied chemistry and physics. His secondary passion
was for English Literature. He later travelled copiously to the USA,
Sweden, Germany and France, and on one of these journeys he met Sorbrero
- the inventor of nitroglycerine. Nobel was very interested in inventions
and experimented a great deal with nitroglycerine. In 1863 he invented a
method of priming that could be used to ignite explosions. In 1891 Nobel
moved to San Remo, preferring the healthy climate of the Mediterrean and
lived here until he died 10th December 1896. Today you can still visit the
Villa Nobel, which is surrounded by a wonderful park. There are still some
laboratories in the Villa where he had experimented, as well as list of all
the Nobel Prize Winners.
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