the Giacometti sculpture, such as Diogene 1. During the sixties, a particular period started for the artist strongly inspired by the neo-Cubism of Picasso, where Masciarelli creates sculptures depicting female figures, obtained entirely from forged iron. Some of these works are the Bather, 1968, the Basketball Player, in 1969, and probably the most important work of the sculptor: The Venus. Livio Masciarelli has participated to several Artisan Exhibitions held in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, winning many first prizes, gold medals and honors (The Venus which was exhibited at the Palazzo Pitti in the 70s and for two times also won a 1st prize). Several posthumous exhibitions have been devoted to the artist, including one organized in 2006 in Guardiagrele for the 34th exhibition named Mostra dell'Artigianato Artistico Abruzzese, or the more recent one organized in 2007 under the name Harmónia és áttetszőség (in English Harmonies and transparencies) at the famous Cafe New York Palace Boscolo Luxury Hotel, Budapest, together with the works and sculptures of his son Clodoveo Masciarelli, as his father a sculptor. In the month of November 2013 during the XXI International Competition of Painting and Sculpture "Premio G. D'Annunzio" was dedicated a retrospective exhibition of the artist at the Museum MU.MI Michetti in Francavilla al Mare, in which they were exposed his most important works such as: The Venus, Diogenes #2, Homage to Picasso #2, Our Lady of the mirror, Toros y Toreros and The Fly. Curiosities The artist Remo Brindisi was a close friend of Livio Masciarelli, for summers he was a guest of his houses in Pescara and Francavilla al Mare. The painter commissioned Livio Masciarelli, to his birthplace in Penne, a door with bas-reliefs forged in wrought iron and a wrought iron gate. The gate was made by the sculptor along with one of his most prominent students, the sculptor Pasquale Martini. In addition to forging large-scale works, such as the Bather, 1968 (size: 75 x 119 x 190 cm), the Basketball Player, 1969 (sizes: cm. 300 x 70 x 80), the artist has also created a fly-sized and well the precise size of mm. 10 x 7 height.mm 2. This micro-sculpture the artist is inspired by the legendary joke made by Giotto to Cimabue,"[...] his young apprentice painted such a lifelike fly on the face of the painting that Cimabue was working on, that he tried several times to brush it off.".