Vincent Apap

Vincent Apap (13 November 1909 – 15 February 2003) was a Maltese sculptor. He is well-known for designing various public Vincent Apap monuments and church statues, most notably the Triton Fountain in Born 13 November 1909 Valletta. He has been called "one of 's foremost sculptors of the Valletta, Malta [1] Modern Period" by the studio of Renzo Piano. Died 15 February 2003 (aged 93) Biography Malta Nationality Maltese Apap was born in Valletta in 1909, and he was the older Occupation Sculptor brother of the musician Notable work Triton Fountain, and Joseph Apap and the painter various monuments William Apap. He attended and statues the government central Style Modernism school, and in 1920 he began to attend evening classes in Spouse(s) Maria Bencini The Triton Fountain in Valletta, which modelling and drawing. He (m. 1941) was designed by Apap together with was one of the first students Children John Apap the designer Victor Anastasi to enroll in the newly- Nella Apap established School of Art in 1925, where he studied Manon Apap sculpture under Antonio Micallef. In 1927, he won a scholarship to Family Joseph Apap the British Academy of Arts in , studying under the renowned (brother) [2] Maltese sculptor Antonio Sciortino. William Apap (brother) He returned to Malta in 1930, and soon afterwards he won his first commission, the Fra Diego monument in Ħamrun. This made him well-known within Malta's art scene, and he regularly exhibited his works at the Malta Art Amateur Association exhibitions throughout the 1930s. He was appointed assistant modelling teacher at the School of Art in 1934, becoming head of school in 1947. He remained there until his retirement in 1971, but was recalled seven years later in 1978.[2]

Patrons of Apap's work included the Lieutenant Governor of Malta Sir Harry Luke as well as Lord Mountbatten, whose family still has some of Apap's best sculptures. In the 1960s, two exhibitions of his and his brother William Apap' work were held in London.[2]

Apap's best-known works include various public monuments in Valletta, such as the Triton Fountain (1959), the bust of Enrico Mizzi (1964), the statue of Paul Boffa (1976) and the statue of George Borg Olivier (1990). Other notable works by Apap include statues in the of , the Church of St. Augustine in Valletta, the Mdina Cathedral, St. George's in , the Qawra Parish Church, St Helen's Basilica in Birkirkara and the Jesus of Nazareth Parish Church in Sliema.[2] His last major work was a bust of Guido de Marco which was completed when he was 89 years old.[3]

Apap married Maria Bencini in 1941, and they had three children: John, Nella and Manon.[2] He died in 2003 at the age of 93.[3] Awards

Order of the British Empire (1956) Gold medal of the Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (1965) Cavaliere Ufficiale Repubblica Italiana (1968) Order of Merit (1993)

He was nominated a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1963.[2]

References

1. "Fountain's removal 'to restore city's historic image' " (http s://web.archive.org/web/20170417124401/http://www.time sofmalta.com/articles/view/20110430/local/Fountain-s-rem oval-to-restore-city-s-historic-image-.362942). Times of Malta. 30 April 2011. Archived from the original (http://ww w.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110430/local/Fountain -s-removal-to-restore-city-s-historic-image-.362942) on 17 April 2017. Statue of George Borg Olivier at 2. Schiavone, Michael J. (2009). Dictionary of Maltese Castille Square, Valletta (1990) Biographies Vol. 1 A-F. Pietà: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. pp. 62–64. ISBN 9789993291329. 3. "Death of Vincent Apap" (https://web.archive.org/web/20150926182301/http://www.timesofmalt a.com/articles/view/20030216/local/death-of-vincent-apap.156555). Times of Malta. 16 February 2003. Archived from the original (http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/2003021 6/local/death-of-vincent-apap.156555) on 26 September 2015.

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