Francesco arcangeli giorgio morandi biography
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| Born | (1890-07-20)July 20, 1890 Bologna, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | June 18, 1964(1964-06-18) (aged 73) Bologna, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna |
| Known for | Painting, printmaking |
| Movement | Metaphysical art, futurism, modern realism |
Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still lifes. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety in depicting simple subjects, mainly vases, bottles, bowls, flowers, and landscapes.
Biography
Giorgio Morandi was born in Bologna to Andrea Morandi and Maria Maccaferri. He lived first on Via Lame where his brother Giuseppe and his sister Anna were born. The family then moved to Via Avesella where two other sisters were born, Dina in 1900 and Maria Teresa in 1906. After the death of his father in 1909, the family moved to Via Fondazza and Morandi becam
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Giorgio Morandi
Italian painter
Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes—their quiet, meditative quality reflecting the artist's rejection of the upplopp of modern life.
Biography
[edit]Morandi was born in Bologna, Italy, to Andrea Morandi and Maria Maccaferri, eldest of the family of five sons and three daughters.[1] He lived first on Via Lame where his brother Giuseppe and his sister Anna were born. The family then moved to Via Avesella where two other sisters were born, Dina in 1900 and Maria Teresa in 1906. After the death of his father in 1909, the family moved to Via Fondazza and Giorgio became the head of the family.[2]
From 1907 to 1913, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ('Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna'). At the Accademia, which based its traditions on 14th-century painting, Moran
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Full Name: Arcangeli, Francesco
Gender: male
Date Born: 10 July 1915
Date Died: 1974
Place Born: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Home Country/ies: Italy
Subject Area(s): Modern (style or period)
Overview
Modernist. Art historian of Bolognese and Emilian art from the fourteenth century to the contemporary; critic. Arcangeli was born to Adolfo and Maria Villani. He was one of four siblings, all of whom were creative. Gaetano was a poet and humanities professor, Nino was a musician, and Bianca was a painter.
Arcangeli began his studies at the University of Bologna in 1933 where he studied under the respected art historian and critic Roberto Longhi, Professor of Art History and chair in History of Medieval and Modern Art. Before taking his degree with Longhi, Arcangeli abandoned his first History degree thesis project on the Italian historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540) who was a contemporary of Machiavelli. In 1937, Arcangeli defended his thesis entitle