Born in 1891, Ferruccio Ferrazzi was the son of Stanislao, a sculptor who introduced him into art. Ferruccio is the elder brother of three other children: Riccardo (who became a painter with the name of Benvenuto, in memory of Cellini), Adele and Maria. Between 1904 and 1905 Ferrazzi attended the studio of Francesco Bergamini, a pupil of Michele Cammarano. While between 1906 and 1908 he enrolled at the same time at the Free Nude School and at the evening school of the French Academy. Ferruccio surprised the Roman artistic environment by making his debut in 1907, at the age of sixteen, in the LXXVII Exposition of Fine Arts, where he exhibited a self-portrait in which the color is freely applied with the palette knife. The follFerrazzi, monograph with self-presentation of the artist, Milan 1929; C.L. Ragghianti, J. Recovery, Ferrazzi., Rome 1974; E. CARli, Ferrazzi. sculptor, Florence 1974; Ferruccio Ferrazzi from 1916 to 1946, exhibition catalog, edited by B. Mantura, Spoleto 1989; I miti di Ferrazzi, catalog of the exhibition by V. Rivosecchi, text by M. Quesada, biography by F.R. Morelli, Rome 1992; Ferruccio Ferrazzi, the drawing, catalog of the exhibition edited by F. D'Amico, W. Guadagnini, G. Roganti, Modena 1993; Venice and the Biennale, the paths of taste, catalog of the exhibition edited by F. Scotton, Venice 1995. ...