 After World War II, Pietro Canonica devoted himself to more religious artworks.He gained big success in the official environment of Turin for his civic and religious monuments.Following the formative period in Turin, he moved in 1922 to Rome, and participated in important national and international exhibitions in Milan, Rome, Venice (Italy), Paris (France), London (England), Berlin, Dresden (Germany), Monaco, Brussels (Belgium) and St. Petersburg (Russia), and received official recognition.