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Arturo Di Modica (January 26, 1941 – February 19, 2021) was an Italian sculptor, widely known for his Charging Bull sculpture. English sculptor Henry Moore nicknamed Di Modica “the young Michelangelo ” [ 1 ] after they met in Italy in the 1960s.
The sculpture was created by Italian artist Arturo Di Modica in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. Late in the evening of Thursday, December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with Charging Bull on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building.
In 1989, the sculpture Charging Bull by Arturo Di Modica was installed at the northern tip of the park by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation after it had been confiscated by the police following its illegal installation on Wall Street. The sculpture has become one of the most popular and recognizable landmarks of the Financial ...
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At 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) tall, 3.3 metres (11 ft) long and 2.5 tonnes (2.7 tons), it is the same size as the Wall Street version, but "redder, younger and stronger" Di Modica said. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The work was supposed to have been completed before the Chinese year of the Ox ended in February 2010. [ 1 ]
Zalait also stated that he was influenced by the Italian artist Arturo Di Modica who in 1987 placed the Charging Bull statue on Wall Street at the New York Stock Exchange and also was inspired by the Ink Flag and of the iconic photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.
Charging Bull statue by Arturo Di Modica is seen in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2024. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Charging Bull statue by Arturo Di Modica is seen in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York, United States of America, on July 4, 2024. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) ...