The Works of Franco Alessandrini

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MONUMENT TO FATHER LAFLEUR
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FLOWERS
KATRINA SERIES
KATRINA SERIES TWO
MONUMENT TO LUCA PACIOLI
THE MUSICIAN SERIES
THE FATHER SEELOS MONUMENT
A PENNELLO' SUPRANNATURALE
THE COLUMBUS MONUMENT
THE ABOCA FOUNTAIN
THE PANTHER FOUNTAIN
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
THE MUSICIAN SCULPTURES
IL GATO
SCULPTURES OF RELIGIOUS WOMEN
MONUMENT TO THE IMMIGRANTS
ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
POSTERS

Franco Alessandrini
813 Howard Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(504) 524-3872
 

ARTISTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 
1977-1984 Festa d'Italia - Created, Designed and Produced Official Poster
New Orleans, Louisiana
 
1981-1986 Chef's Charity for St. Michael's School - Created, Designed and produced Official poster for this nationally acclaimed Charity event,
New Orleans, Louisiana
 
1983-1986 State Fair of Texas - Created, Designed and Produced the Official Poster, Hand Printed Silkscreen, Limited Edition
 
1983 Louisiana Alphabet Poster - Created, Designed and Produced Poster; Named the "Official Alphabet of Louisiana" by Governor Edwin Edwards
 
1984  Artist in Residence of Italian Village - World's Fair, New Orleans
 
Executed Byzantine Mosaic - 9' X 27';  Permanently Installed at the Ernest Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
1984 One Man Show - Museum of Art - Jackson, Mississippi
 
1985 One Man Show - Irving Art Center, Irving, Texas
 
1987 One Man Show - Irving Arts Center - Irving, Texas
 
1992 Portrait in Bronze - world renowned Swiss Neurosurgeon

Louisiana's Official Alphabet Poster
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1983

1992 Monument to Christopher Columbus - sculpted in White Carrara Marble; placed in fountain near the Maritime Museum - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 
Invited by the city of Sansepolcro, Italy, One Man Show honoring the anniversary of the death of Piero della Francesca in 1492
 
1994 Monument to Luca Pacioli to honor the anniversary of the publication of his "Suma" in 1494; sculpted in White Carrara Marble, Sansepolcro, Italy
 
1995 Monument to the Immigrants - Sculpted in White Carrara Marble, 20 feet tall Woldenberg Park on the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana; inaugurated 1997

Monument to the Immigrants, New Orleans
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1995

1997 One Man Show - Palazzo Inghrami, Sansepolcro, Italy
 
One Man Show - 811 Howard Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
One Man Show - Invited by "Festival of the Nations"; Citta de Castello, Italy
 
1998 Inaugurated murals and paintings for Le Meridien Hotel - New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Sculpted portrait in Bronze - Mayor Marc Morial - New Orleans, Louisiana

Religious Women in Carrara Marble, New Orleans
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1999

1999 Inaugurated 5 Statues of Religious Women - Sculpted in White Carrara Marble - Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Installed "Crucifixion of Christ" - Acrylic on Canvas - 9 feet by 5 feet tall, Santa Maria Church, Melello, Sansepolcro, Italy
 
2000 Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi - sculpted in White Carrara Marble - Monte Cassale Monastery, Italy

St. Francis of Assisi (closeup) - Italy
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2000

2000 Inaugurated Fountain - sculpted in Bardiglio Marble and Bronze - Aboca Herb, Italy
 
2001 Installed Life-Size statue of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, New Orleans, Louisiana - cast in Bronze - Blessed Seelos Center
 
Installed Life-Size Statue of Blessed Seelos - Sculpted in White Carrara Marble - Old Ursuline Convent- New Orleans, Louisiana
 
2002 Inducted into the Louisiana American-Italian Sports Hall of Fame - Man of the Year - Arts and Entertainment Award
 
Painted ceiling "Assumption of Virgin Mary," St. Mary's Church- New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Installed "Panther Fountain" - sculpted in Black and Grey Marble - Downtown Fort Worth, Texas
 
Installed Life Size Portrait in plaster of Blessed Seelos - Blessed Seelos Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
2003 Installed Life-Size Statue of Blessed Seelos - Cast in Bronze; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
One Man Show- Retrospective of Life's Work - Ferruccio Borchiellini Convention Center - Sansepolcro, Italy
 
Installed Madonna with Child - Sculpted in White Carrara Marble; Santa Maria Church - Melello - Sansepolcro, Italy
 
Franco Alessandrini Cultural Association - Exhibited Non-Profit Organization which sponsors Concerts, Art Exhibits, and Art Instruction for the community; Sansepolcro, Italy
 
2004 Life Size Statue on Blessed Seelos seated on bench - Cast in Bronze; installed in St. Mary's Church - Annapolis, Maryland
 
Life Size Statue on Blessed Seelos seated on bench - Installed at Blessed Seelos Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Invited to Participate in "Fifth Biennale International Show of  Sacred Art" - Italy, France, Spain
 
2005  Franco Alessandrini Cultural Association sponsors Collective Showing of 30 Artists - Ferruccio Borchiellini Convention Center - Sansepolcro, Italy
 
One Man Show - "Nudes" - 811 Howard Gallery - New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Hosted Dr. David Kline and the Louisiana State University Health Science Center - Department of Neurosurgery -
811 Howard Gallery - New Orleans, Louisiana
 
2006   Commissioned - Bronze Monument - Honoring the Women who Maintain the Tradition of Lace Making - Sansepolcro, Italy
 
2007   "Verticalita", Photographs by Riccardo Lorenzi - Personal Commentary by Franco Alessandrini -
Gallery La Loggia - Sansepolcro, Italy
 
"Il Ritratto" - Group Show of Self Portraits - Gallery La Loggia Sansepolcro, Italy
 
"Inediti Storici su Piero" - Exhibited Paintings, Drawings and Etchings - Palazzo Collacchioni - Sansepolcro, Italy
 
"Gli Sacchi di Luca Pacioli" - Exhibited Chess Pieces Sculpted in Wood that were created from drawings done by Leonardo DaVinci and Luca Pacioli
 
Installed - 16 foot  White Carrara Marble Monument - Honoring Father Verbis Lafleur - Opelousas, Louisiana
 
"For the Love of our City", Inagruation of Murals at the Entrance of the Flatiron Building - Exhibit of Graphic Work - "The Signs of Fort Worth" - Fort Worth, Texas
 
2008  Inagruated - Bronze Monument - Honoring the Women who Maintain the tradition of Lace Making - Sansepolcro, Italy
 
Installed - Life-Size Statue of Blessed Seelos - Cast in Bronze - Holy Cross College - Worcester, Massachusetts
 
Installed - Marble Statue of Blessed Seelos - St. Theresa Church -  Abbeville, Louisiana
 
2009  "Displaced"  Installation - 30 foot Sailboat on my studio roof - An original public art work commissioned by the Arts Council of New Orleans on behalf of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, and on loan to the City of New Orleans until 2011. 
 
Invited to display various sculpture and paintings at the InterContinental Hotel, New Orleans

             

 

Portraits in oil, bronze and marble of various international personalities

Franco Alessandrini
813 Howard Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(504) 524-3872
 

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