Anton Agius - Revision history

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	Agius’s works are to be found in private collections in many parts of the world. Former German Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]] and Libyan leader [[Colonel Gaddafi]] possess some of Agius’ works of art. Among the artist’s major works are the [[Workers Monument]] at [[l-Imsida]], the [[31 March 1979 Monument]] at [[il-Birgu]], the monument of [[Dun Mikiel Xerri u Sħabu]] in Valletta, the monument of [[Mgr Ġużeppi DePiro]] at Rabat, the statue of [[Manwel Dimech]] at Valletta, the statue of [[Ġużè Ellul Mercer]] at [[Dingli]], the statue commemorating the victims of the [[Sette Giungno riots]] in Valletta, the bust of [[President Anton Buttigieg]] at [[Qala]], [[Gozo]], and the sepulchral work Kurċifiss ta’ Llum for the [[Dominican Order]].		Agius’s works are to be found in private collections in many parts of the world. Former German Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]] and Libyan leader [[Colonel Gaddafi]] possess some of Agius’ works of art. Among the artist’s major works are the [[Workers Monument]] at [[l-Imsida]], the [[31 March 1979 Monument]] at [[il-Birgu]], the monument of [[Dun Mikiel Xerri u Sħabu]] in Valletta, the monument of [[Mgr Ġużeppi DePiro]] at Rabat, the statue of [[Manwel Dimech]] at Valletta, the statue of [[Ġużè Ellul Mercer]] at [[Dingli]], the statue commemorating the victims of the [[Sette Giungno riots]] in Valletta, the bust of [[President Anton Buttigieg]] at [[Qala]], [[Gozo]], and the sepulchral work Kurċifiss ta’ Llum for the [[Dominican Order]].

	A bronze bust Agius created of [[Francis Ebejer]] in the 1960s is housed at St James Cavalier in Valletta as part of the [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività Art Collection]].		[[Francis Ebejer (bronze bust)\|A bronze bust]] Agius created of [[Francis Ebejer]] in the 1960s is housed at St James Cavalier in Valletta as part of the [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività Art Collection]].

	==Honours==		==Honours==

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	Agius’s works are to be found in private collections in many parts of the world. Former German Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]] and Libyan leader [[Colonel Gaddafi]] possess some of Agius’ works of art. Among the artist’s major works are the [[Workers Monument]] at [[l-Imsida]], the [[31 March 1979 Monument]] at [[il-Birgu]], the monument of [[Dun Mikiel Xerri u Sħabu]] in Valletta, the monument of [[Mgr Ġużeppi DePiro]] at Rabat, the statue of [[Manwel Dimech]] at Valletta, the statue of [[Ġużè Ellul Mercer]] at [[Dingli]], the statue commemorating the victims of the [[Sette Giungno riots]] in Valletta, the bust of [[President Anton Buttigieg]] at [[Qala]], [[Gozo]], and the sepulchral work Kurċifiss ta’ Llum for the [[Dominican Order]].		Agius’s works are to be found in private collections in many parts of the world. Former German Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]] and Libyan leader [[Colonel Gaddafi]] possess some of Agius’ works of art. Among the artist’s major works are the [[Workers Monument]] at [[l-Imsida]], the [[31 March 1979 Monument]] at [[il-Birgu]], the monument of [[Dun Mikiel Xerri u Sħabu]] in Valletta, the monument of [[Mgr Ġużeppi DePiro]] at Rabat, the statue of [[Manwel Dimech]] at Valletta, the statue of [[Ġużè Ellul Mercer]] at [[Dingli]], the statue commemorating the victims of the [[Sette Giungno riots]] in Valletta, the bust of [[President Anton Buttigieg]] at [[Qala]], [[Gozo]], and the sepulchral work Kurċifiss ta’ Llum for the [[Dominican Order]].

			A bronze bust Agius created of [[Francis Ebejer]] in the 1960s is housed at St James Cavalier in Valletta as part of the [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività Art Collection]].

	==Honours==		==Honours==

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	==Training locally and abroad==		==Training locally and abroad==

	He was born at [[Rabat]], Malta and commenced his art apprenticeship under [[Joseph Galea]], [[Vincent Apap]] and [[Emvin Cremona]]. Between 1950 and 1953 he studied art at the [[Malta Society of Arts]], [[Manufacture and Commerce]], in [[Valletta]] and continued his studies at the [[School of Arts]] under [[~~Ġorġ~~ Borg]]. In 1957 he won a Malta government scholarship at the [[Scuola del Nudo dell'Associazione Artistica Internazionale]] at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti]] in [[Rome]], and to [[St Martin’s School]], where he was		He was born at [[Rabat]], Malta and commenced his art apprenticeship under [[Joseph Galea]], [[Vincent Apap]] and [[Emvin Cremona]]. Between 1950 and 1953 he studied art at the [[Malta Society of Arts]], [[Manufacture and Commerce]], in [[Valletta]] and continued his studies at the [[School of Arts]] under [[George Borg (artist)\|George Borg]]. In 1957 he won a Malta government scholarship at the [[Scuola del Nudo dell'Associazione Artistica Internazionale]] at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti]] in [[Rome]], and to [[St Martin’s School]], where he was
	awarded the national diploma in design, modelling, sculpture and letter cutting.		awarded the national diploma in design, modelling, sculpture and letter cutting.

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	He died at the age of 74.		He died at the age of 74.


	==See also==		==See also==

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			== External links ==
			[https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/caught-between-the-abstract-and-the-representational.876473 Caught between the abstract and the representational] by Joseph Agius, Times of Malta, 3 June 2021