Romano Vio (February 11, 1913 – August 23, 1984) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in Venice and taught sculpture there. Timeline 1931/1935 - Exhibited at the Bevilacqua La Masa Gallery in Venice 1932/1936 - Studied and worked with Eugenio Bellotto at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice 1934 - Modelled the bust of Luigi Passoni 1935 - Awarded Gold Medal at the National Exhibition for Artists and Graduates in Genoa with the high relief “A Mother’s Dream” bought by Venice City Council 1937 - Submitted an entry for the Sanremo Prize 1938 - Admitted to the XIX Venice Biennale with a medal to Guglielmo Marconi, bought by Milan City Council; The Boxer, portraits, Ploughing, Fisherman 1939 - Won the “D. Fadiga” prize for sculpture in Venice 1940 - Admitted to the XX Venice Biennale; portrait of an old man – 1939/40 sports medal. Appointed to the post of Assistant to Umberto Baglioni at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice 1941 - Won the competition for and realised the lions of the obelisk in Piazza del Duomo in Traù (Dalmatia). Call to arms. Copy from Colleoni, Sansovinian reproductions 1945 - Returned from war having completed, counting all the various calls to arms, 12 years military service. His war service 1940/43 was recognised in 1956 with the Military Cross 1946 - At the end of the war he returned to work and to teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice as Assistant to Venanzo Crocetti 1947 - Modelled the bronze statue of St. Anthony for the Church in Camposanpiero; portrait of Francesco 1948 - Won First Prize at the “Tempio” exhibition in Padua. “Madonna degli Alpini”, a high relief in stone for Pieve di Soligo. “L’Ascolto”, bronze 1949 - Highly commended in the competition for the doors for St. Peter’s in Rome. Sketch in the Vatican Galleries Vatican doors: First Door Siena, on the right: St. Peter, Constantine, Gregory the Great, Foundation of the Basilica, Coronation of Charlemagne, Crusade, Religious Orders, 1300 Jubilee Year; on the left: Leo III, Gregory VII, Nicholas V, Return from Avignon, Discovery of America, Council of Trent, Battle of Lepanto, the new Vatican Basilica, Rafael, Michelangelo, Bernini Second Door Perugia, on the left: Paul III, Pius IV, St. Pius V, Missions, the new religious Orders, three personages; on the right: Paul V, Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Vatican Council, Pius VII,