Embrace of Peace
Embrace of Peace is a framed bas-relief ceramic. The frame is velvet wrapped with a seal placed on the bottom center.
Artist Angelo Biancini (1911 – 1988) was an Italian sculptor, ceramist, and teacher. Biancini’s monumental works include the reliefs for the new Basilica of Nazareth in 1959, the canopy of the Temple of the Canadiam Martyrs in Rome in 1961, and the sculptures for the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan of 1964. In 1942, he entered the Art Institute for Ceramics in Faenza and succeeded as the Head of Plastic Art. In 1980, the Municipality of Faenza awarded him the gold medal, honorary citizenship and organized a large anthology where 150 of his sculptures were exhibited. Biancini donated three sculptures to the city of Faenza, San Tomaso d’Aquino, Portrait of Alfredo Oriani, and a bust of painter Roberto Sella. After the artist’s death, the city of Faenza dedicated another anthology to him in 1988 with sculptures and ceramics.
Embrace of Peace was presented to the United Nations by Pope Paul VI from the Holy See during his visit to the United Nations Headquarters in 1965.