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The American Friends of Italian Monumental Sculpture (AFIMS) is dedicated to assisting the City of Genoa in its efforts to preserve the art and artistic legacy of the Camposanto di Staglieno for the education and appreciation of current and future generations. Overflowing with breathtaking artwork, Camposanto di Staglieno in Genoa is one of Italy’s greatest hidden sculptural treasures. Bookmark this page to follow our restoration progress. Learn how your donation helps our mission.

Il Grifo della Città di Genova a Walter Arnold

AFIMS president Walter S Arnold gave this speech in Italian upon the presentation of the Grifo award honoring our work to preserve and promote the magnificent sculptures of Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa.
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July 2013

Lorenzo Orengo – Restoration Completed Memorials to Benjamin Whitehead and Julia Morison Bentley, 1885 and 1887 Restored in 2013

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May 15, 2013

Video of our conference on the restorations of the Lorenzo Orengo 19th c. marble sculptures that we are sponsoring at Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy. Note- it’s a 1-1/2 hour high resolution video, in Italian. My speech starts around the 11 minute mark

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Apr 14, 2013

Walter S. Arnold presented a slide lecture on the sculpture of Staglieno at the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art in Elmhurst, Illinois.

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March 2013

Thanks to our generous sponsors we have awarded our first restoration contract, to help preserve and save these two unique works of art. Restoration work began in March, 2013 and took four months to complete. Return to the News Page [themify_icon icon=”mail-reply”]

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January 2013

Orengo restoration contract awarded to Francesea Saitta of Il Quadrifoglio. Return to the News Page [themify_icon icon=”mail-reply”]

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November 2012

AFIMS issued it’s first Request For Proposals, for the Lorenzo Orengo memorial sculptures of Benjamin Whitehead and Julia Morison Bentley. The RFP was sent to six restoration firms based in the Genoa area. Return to the News Page [themify_icon icon=”mail-reply”]

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“... On either side, as one walks down the middle of the passage, are monuments, tombs, and sculptured figures that are exquisitely wrought and are full of grace and beauty. They are new and snowy; every outline is perfect, every feature guiltless of mutilation, flaw, or blemish; and therefore, to us these far-reaching ranks of bewitching forms are a hundred fold more lovely than the damaged and dingy statuary they have saved from the wreck of ancient art and set up in the galleries of Paris for the worship of the world.”

— Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad , 1869

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American Friends of Italian Monumental Sculpture
Working with Camposanto di Staglieno, Genoa, Italy

American Friends of Italian Monumental Sculpture is a United States based not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization, and all donations to AFIMS are fully deductible to the full extent of the law. AFIMS is dedicated to assisting the City of Genoa in its efforts to preserve the art and artistic legacy of the Camposanto di Staglieno for the education and appreciation of current and future generations.