Pericle Fazzini: Life and Legacy Early Life and Education Born on May 4, 1913, in Grottammare, Italy, to Vittorio Fazzini and Maria Alessandrini. Initially worked with his brothers in the family carpentry workshop, gaining early skills in carving wood. In 1930, moved to Rome with the support of poet Mario Rivosecchi, to study at the Scuola libera del nudo (Free School of Nude) at the Accademia di Belle Arti. Won a competition in Catania in 1931 for a monument to Cardinal Dusmet, though it was never realized. Secured a two-year bursary in 1932 with his low-relief sculpture Uscita d…