Sculpture Immersion with
Romolo Del Deo
in Villa Casone D’Arte
May 2-May 9, 2026
Villa Casone d’Arte offers a rare opportunity to reside and work within the private estate of master sculptor Romolo Del Deo, set amid the historic hills of Tuscany overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The seventeen-hectare property traces its origins to 778 AD, with the present villa reconstructed in 1678. In the 1960s, the artist Rosario Murabito transformed the estate into a unified work of art for the Contessa Ottolenghi, integrating sculpture, architecture, and landscape. In 2024, Tatiana and Romolo Del Deo undertook a careful restoration of the villa as an artist’s home, devoted to art, beauty, and la dolce vita. You are now invited to experience this inspiration firsthand.
The Residency
This seven-day sculptural immersion is conceived as a residency rather than a course. Participants engage in five sessions of direct wax sculpting, following methods employed by Italian masters since the Renaissance.
it is best suited to individuals with curiosity about artistic process and a desire to explore their creativity in an idyllic setting.
Each participant will complete an original sculptural work prepared for the lost-wax bronze casting process. Those wishing to continue may apply to a subsequent program dedicated to bronze casting from their work.
Instruction is led personally by Romolo Del Deo and combines demonstration, guided creating, and individual critique within the working atelier of the villa.
“Live Art. Experience studying art the way it was meant to be.”
— Romolo Del Deo
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About Romolo Del Deo
Background
Studio Romolo Atelier is lead by artist and master sculptor, Romolo Del Deo.
He is the founder of the Long Art Movement which is the cornerstone of his teaching method. His training includes degrees from Harvard Univeristy (AB 82) and L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze as well as in the studios of masters in the US and Italy, including Dimitri Hadzi, Joyce Johnson and Rino Giannini, professor of Marble Sculpture at L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara.
Teaching
His teaching methods have received the Harvard-Danforth Award for Excellence in Education and
the President’s Award for Contributions to the Arts. He has served on the faculty of Harvard University, The London Academy of Art, The Provincetown Art Association Museum and the Truro Center for the Arts as well as founding his own studio school: Studio Romolo Alteier.
Exhibitions
The artwork of Romolo Del Deo has been exhibited in over 100 featured gallery exhibitions across four continents, as well as internationally in public monuments and museums. He has received major awards
and prizes, including the New York Foundation for the Arts USA, The Henry Moore Foundation UK, INHA Grant France, The Florence Biennale De Medici Gold Medal, Italy and the David McCord Prize for Creativity USA and three time recipient of The Sumner Bird Foundation Creative Grant amongst others.
Recognition
His artwork has won acclaim globally, honored recently by the Art Newspaper as one of the most important projects of the Venice Art Biennial 22, His work has won acclaim representing 21st Century Art of the United States at the 2017 G7 of Art in Italy as well as the Honoree Exhibitor at the 2017 Florence Biennale
Sculpting in Direct Wax
The method of working directly in wax to produce works capable of being cast in bronze: Sculpting in wax offers a lightweight flexible and adaptable material to express fluid ideas in form. Direct wax lets the artist work in three dimensions with freedom from cumbersome armatures and avoids the costs of molds in bronze casting.
