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Davide Calandra was born in Turin on 21 October 1856.
He initially followed classical studies, but later dedicated himself to art by attending the Accademia Albertina in Turin, where he was a pupil of Enrico Gamba and Odoardo Tabacchi.
In 1878, together with his father Claudio and his brother Edoardo, a well-known writer, he concentrated on the excavation and publication of the archaeological finds from the Lombard necropolis of Testona (Moncalieri).
From 1893 to 1912 he was part of the Superior Council of Fine Arts in Rome, after which he was appointed president of the Society Promoting Archeology and Fine Arts.
Calandra is famous for some of his works, including the "Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi" in Parma (1893) and the "Monument to Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta" in Turin (1902). Furthermore, he created the "Monument to Giuseppe Zanardelli" in Brescia (1909), the "Monument to Umberto I" in Rome (inaugurated posthumously in 1926 and finished by Edoardo Rubino) and the "Monument to General Miter in Buenos Aires" (built with Edoardo Rubino and inaugurated posthumously in 1927).
Calandra also created one of the colossal groups for the monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome and the relief with the "Glorification of the House of Savoy" for the Chamber of Deputies (1911).
He exhibited frequently at the Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Turin starting in 1879. Read the full biography

Davide Calandra was born in Turin on 21 October 1856.
He initially followed classical studies, but later dedicated himself to art by attending the Accademia Albertina in Turin, where he was a pupil of Enrico Gamba and Odoardo Tabacchi.
In 1878, together with his father Claudio and his brother Edoardo, a well-known writer, he concentrated on the excavation and publication of the archaeological finds from the Lombard necropolis of Testona (Moncalieri).
From 1893 to 1912 he was part of the Superior Council of Fine Arts in Rome, after which he was appointed president of the Society Promoting Archeology and Fine Arts.
Calandra is famous for some of his works, including the "Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi" in Parma (1893) and the "Monument to Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta" in Turin (1902). Furthermore, he created the "Monument to Giuseppe Zanardelli" in Brescia (1909), the "Monument to Umberto I" in Rome (inaugurated posthumously in 1926 and finished by Edoardo Rubino) and the "Monument to General Miter in Buenos Aires" (built with Edoardo Rubino and inaugurated posthumously in 1927).
Calandra also created one of the colossal groups for the monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome and the relief with the "Glorification of the House of Savoy" for the Chamber of Deputies (1911).
He exhibited frequently at the Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Turin starting in 1879. He also exhibited in London in 1888 and 1904, as well as in Palermo in 1891.
Creator of genre works, busts and portraits, he presented "The Conqueror" in Venice in 1903, which was also exhibited in San Francisco in 1915 and is now preserved in the Gallery of Modern Art in Turin. Much of his production is preserved in the Savigliano plaster cast gallery. Calandra died in Turin on 8 September 1915