Lio Gangeri

Lio Gangeri (Messina, June 1, 1845 – Salerno, February 5, 1913) was an Italian sculptor.

Life
First student of the painter Michele Panebianco from 1867 he moved to Rome where he studied under Giulio Monteverde. Later he worked in Italy but above all between Rome and in Messina.

Gangeri was the Professor and President of import Italian art academies like the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara and of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Among his students he remembers Arturo Dazzi.

He died in Salerno on February 5, 1913