Giorgio Morandi
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| - | Pitchfork has: | + | '''Giorgio Morandi''' (20 June 1890 – 18 June 1964) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Painting|painter]] who specialized in [[still life]]. |
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| + | ==Biography== | ||
| + | Morandi was born in [[Bologna]], Italy. In 1907 he went to study at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti]]. The works of his formative years show him experimenting with a style related to [[Cézanne]] and to [[Cubism]], with a brief digression into a [[Futurism (art)|Futurist]] style in 1914. In that same year, Morandi was appointed instructor of drawing for elementary schools in Bologna—a post he held until 1929. Today, there is a museum dedicated to the display of Morandi's work, including a reconstruction of his studio, in Bologna. | ||
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| + | In 1915, he joined the army but suffered a breakdown and was indefinitely discharged. During the war, Morandi's still lifes became more reduced in their compositional elements and purer in form, revealing his admiration for both Cézanne and [[Henri Rousseau|the Douanier Rousseau]]. | ||
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| + | A [[Metaphysical painting]] (Pittura Metafisica) phase in Morandi's work lasted from 1918 to 1922. This was to be his last major stylistic shift; thereafter, he focused increasingly on subtle gradations of hue, tone, and objects arranged in a unifying atmospheric haze, establishing the direction his art was to take for the rest of his life. Morandi showed in the ''[[Novecento Italiano]]'' exhibitions of 1926 and 1929, but was more specifically associated with the regionalist ''Strapaese'' group by the end of the decade, a [[Fascism|fascist]]-influenced group emphasizing local cultural traditions. From 1930 to 1956, Morandi was a professor of [[etching]] at Accademia di Belle Arti. The 1948 [[Venice Biennale]] awarded him first prize for painting, he visited Paris for the first time in 1956, and in 1957 he won the grand prize in [[São Paulo]]'s Biennale. | ||
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| + | Throughout his career, Morandi concentrated almost exclusively on [[still life]]s and landscapes, except for a few self-portraits. With great sensitivity to tone, color, and compositional balance, he would depict the same familiar bottles and vases again and again in paintings notable for their simplicity of execution. Morandi executed 133 etchings, a significant body of work in its own right, and his drawings and watercolors often approach abstraction in their economy of means. | ||
| + | ''‘What interests me most is expressing what’s in nature, in the visible world, that is.’'' (Quote from Giorgio Morandi). | ||
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| + | ==Legacy== | ||
| + | Morandi was one of the most impressive Italian painters of his day. [[Federico Fellini]] paid tribute to him in his film ''[[La dolce vita]]'', which featured Morandi's paintings. Morandi was additionally perceived as one of the few Italian artists of his generation to have escaped the taint of Fascism, and to have evolved a style of pure pictorial values congenial to modernist abstraction. Through his simple and repetitive motifs and economical use of color, value and surface, Morandi became a prescient and important forerunner of [[Minimalism]]. He died in Bologna in 1964. | ||
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| + | ==Further reading== | ||
| + | * Abramowicz, Janet (2005). [http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=0300100361 Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence]. [[Yale University Press]]. ISBN 0300100361 | ||
| + | * Coldwell, Paul (2006). [http://www.ibtauris.com/ibtauris/display.asp?ISB=0856676209&TAG=&CID=ibtauris Morandi's Legacy: Influences on British Art]. [[I.B. Tauris]]. ISBN 0-85667-620-9 | ||
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Giorgio Morandi (20 June 1890 – 18 June 1964) was an Italian painter who specialized in still life.
Biography
Morandi was born in Bologna, Italy. In 1907 he went to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti. The works of his formative years show him experimenting with a style related to Cézanne and to Cubism, with a brief digression into a Futurist style in 1914. In that same year, Morandi was appointed instructor of drawing for elementary schools in Bologna—a post he held until 1929. Today, there is a museum dedicated to the display of Morandi's work, including a reconstruction of his studio, in Bologna.
In 1915, he joined the army but suffered a breakdown and was indefinitely discharged. During the war, Morandi's still lifes became more reduced in their compositional elements and purer in form, revealing his admiration for both Cézanne and the Douanier Rousseau.
A Metaphysical painting (Pittura Metafisica) phase in Morandi's work lasted from 1918 to 1922. This was to be his last major stylistic shift; thereafter, he focused increasingly on subtle gradations of hue, tone, and objects arranged in a unifying atmospheric haze, establishing the direction his art was to take for the rest of his life. Morandi showed in the Novecento Italiano exhibitions of 1926 and 1929, but was more specifically associated with the regionalist Strapaese group by the end of the decade, a fascist-influenced group emphasizing local cultural traditions. From 1930 to 1956, Morandi was a professor of etching at Accademia di Belle Arti. The 1948 Venice Biennale awarded him first prize for painting, he visited Paris for the first time in 1956, and in 1957 he won the grand prize in São Paulo's Biennale.
Throughout his career, Morandi concentrated almost exclusively on still lifes and landscapes, except for a few self-portraits. With great sensitivity to tone, color, and compositional balance, he would depict the same familiar bottles and vases again and again in paintings notable for their simplicity of execution. Morandi executed 133 etchings, a significant body of work in its own right, and his drawings and watercolors often approach abstraction in their economy of means. ‘What interests me most is expressing what’s in nature, in the visible world, that is.’ (Quote from Giorgio Morandi).
Legacy
Morandi was one of the most impressive Italian painters of his day. Federico Fellini paid tribute to him in his film La dolce vita, which featured Morandi's paintings. Morandi was additionally perceived as one of the few Italian artists of his generation to have escaped the taint of Fascism, and to have evolved a style of pure pictorial values congenial to modernist abstraction. Through his simple and repetitive motifs and economical use of color, value and surface, Morandi became a prescient and important forerunner of Minimalism. He died in Bologna in 1964.
Further reading
- Abramowicz, Janet (2005). Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300100361
- Coldwell, Paul (2006). Morandi's Legacy: Influences on British Art. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 0-85667-620-9
