Anton Agius

Agius exhibited his works at several exhibitions including:

• Exhibition at the National Museum (1969)[1]
• Exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts (1974, 1979)[1]
• Maltese Sculptures and Ceramics Exhibition, Galleria Fenici (1981)[1]
• Art ’84 – Malta Exhibition (1984)[1]
• Public Service Week Art Exhibition (1996)[1]
• 13th Bank of Valletta Exhibition (2005)[12][4]

Agius is best known for creating several monuments around Malta. These monuments all depict important Maltese people or events.[2][8] Some of these monuments include:

Monument	Location	Image	Sources
Workers’ Monument	Msida		[1][13]
Dun Mikiel Xerri and Compatriots	Valletta		[13]
Manwel Dimech statue	Valletta		[1][13]
Sette Giugno Riots monument	Valletta		[13]
Mabel Strickland bust	Strickland House, Valletta		[7]
Freedom Monument	Birgu		[1][13]
Mgr. G. De Piro monument	Rabat		[1]
Guze’ Ellul Mercer statue	Dingli		[1]
Anton Buttigieg bust	Qala		[1]
Mikiel Anton Vassalli monument	Żebbug		[8]
Frans Baldacchino Il-Budaj bust	Ir-Razzett Tal-Markiż, Mosta		[14]
Monument to the Maltese Missionaries	Mosta		[15]
Lorry Sant monument	Paola		[16]
Dr Paul Xuereb monument	Mdina		[17]

Agius has also designed a number of Maltese postage stamps:[9]

• De Soldanis & Dun Karm 1971 - 2s Dun Karm[18]
• Heart 1972 - 2d Heart and WHO emblem[19]
• Heart 1972 - 10d Heart and WHO emblem[20]
• Heart 1972 - 2s 6d Heart & WHO emblem[21]
• Maltese Workers 1977 - 2c Helping handicapped workers[22]
• Maltese Workers 1977 - 7c Stone building and industrial trades[23]
• Maltese Workers 1977 - 20c Dangers encountered by workers[24]
• International Year of Peace 1986 - 8c[25][26]

Plans for a monument to Anton Agius started in August 2009 with the setting up of a committee. This included the mayor of Rabat, Alexander Craus, as the committee chairman. The finished monument was unveiled in Rabat on 7 May 2011.[27][28][29]

The monument depicts Anton Agius at his work bench, sculpting fish out of a piece of olive wood while in the company of his two dogs. The design of the monument is the work of Joseph Scerri, one of Agius' students. The fish depicted in the monument were the work of another student of Agius, Monica Spiteri. Spiteri was entrusted with modelling a copy of Aguis' work "Shoal of Fish", which he had sculpted out of wood just as depicted in the monument. The work bench in the monument is a replica of Aguis' actual work bench. It was created by his brother, Micheal Agius, by taking a plaster cast of the original bench.[8][13][27]

The monument was cast in bronze at the Fonderia d'Arte Massimo del Chiaro in Pietrasanta, Italy. Agius worked with this foundry during his lifetime and had become friends with the del Chiaro family.[8][27][28][29]

In 2009, the Culture Commission of the L’Isle Adam Band Club of Rabat organised an exhibition showcasing works by Agius, in commemoration of the first anniversary of his death. Works included in this exhibition were various, including sculptures, statues, models, and bozzettos.[30]

Another exhibition of Agius' works was held in 2010 in Mosta. This exhibition was organised by the society Talent Mosti, of which Agius was an honorary member.[31]

In 2009, the Rabat local council set up the Anton Agius Foundation. The aim of this foundation is to restore Rabat's several historic monuments, buildings, and niches which were in need of repair.[32]