The government of the Canton Ticino purchased several works. His last studio was located beneath the big staircase of the Italian Consulate in Lugano and in this large studio Mario created fountains, Madonnas in all sizes, saints, children, figurines in all postures, and numerous monuments for cemeteries. His was without a doubt a rising career. Slow, but constant and productive until his last day when he was taken to a local hospital in Lugano. The 19th of March in 1963, at the age of 64 he died. His works of art remain and can be admired in many European cities. Many of the works can be seen in the Museum in Pazzallo.

May this museum, dedicated to the artists Mario and wife Irma, from their daughter Claudia and her husband, be witness of their artistic talents and dedication to the arts.

Art works in Switzerland and abroad:

 

Madonna "Virgo Potens"	Cathedral San Lorenzo, Lugano
Nicolao della Flue	Fountain, Neggio
Torso con testa	Native home Pazzallo
Torso	Town Hall, Pazzallo
Il Seminatore	Agricultural school, Mezzana
La Georgiana	Town Hall, Giubiasco
Il Tobiolo	Fountain, Massagno
Il Pastorello	Fountain, Bevers, Engadine
Le Marmotte	Fountain, Engadine
Sant'Antonio	Godesberg, Germany
Demeter	Relief Casa Franchini, Lugano
Il Mercato	Relief Casa Pedrinis, Lugano
L'Acquaiola	Fountain along the lake, Paradiso
L'Acquaiola L'Acquaiola	The water carrrier with the sculptor's great grandchildren New version
Il Lavoratore	Town Hall, Cureglia
Il Mascherone	Fountain, Pazzallo
Il Genio del lavoro	Krefeld, Germany
Il Risveglio Il Risveglio Il Risveglio Narciso  Narciso Il Comacino Prayer	Rotonda along the lake, Lugano Foto Hollander Belvedere garden Lugano Museum Mario Bernasconi Museum Mario Bernasconi Project  Cemetery San Pietro e Pambio

Famous portraits by Mario:

 

• Professor Angelo Pizzorno
• Painter Gualtiero Colombo
• Naturalist Silvio Calloni
• Writer Francesco Chiesa
• Painter Filippo Boldini
• Poet Ulisse Pocobelli
• Writer Carl Zuckmayer
• Portrait of young lady, 1930 
• Pianist Claudio Arrau
• Writer Niklaus Bolt 
• Professor Gogarten
• Marquess Stirum
• Actress Maria Denis
• Actress Elisabeth Lennarts
• Leonhard Von Beckerath
• Ingola Von Alvensleben
• Max Huber
• My Mother
• Irma, mia moglie
• Cornelia
• Claudia
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Paintings and drawings  by Mario

 

• Claudia at sixteen, drawing 1953

• Gina by the stove, oil 1922

• Yellow vase, pastel 1925

• Gina, oil 1922

• La scema, watercolor 1920

• Woman under the tree, oil 1925

• My mother  La Santa, pencil drawing 1923 

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Mario seen by other artists

 

• Mario 1928, drawing by Carl Zuckmayer

• Mario 1914, portrait by the sculptor Giuseppe Foglia

• Mario adolescent 1918, by the sculptor Luigi Vassalli

• Mario 1925, oil painting by Giuseppe Foglia 

• Mario 1961, oil painting by New York artist Richard Colin

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 Mario Bernasconi's birthplace in Pazzallo

Copyright © 1996, Claudia Esposito Bernasconi