Aldo Gentilini

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Aldo Gentilini (born February 7, 1911 in Genoa , † August 10, 1982 in Volpeglino ) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was also the founder of the Ranist sect.

life and work

Gentilini was born in Genoa, but Courmayeur , precisely in Portoud in Val Vení , where his family owned a hotel, was his adopted home, and that is where he spent his youth. The “totems”, as the artist called his wooden creations, date from Courmayeur's time. Not much is known about his biography.

Gentilini followed a religious calling and spent three years in a convent in Pietrasanta, where he completed philosophical studies. He then devoted himself to studying art on an autodidactic basis . He was a great admirer of St. Francis of Assisi and therefore could not adapt to the commercial system, which is why he sold his works for little money. He was an artist who practiced asceticism to imitate the admired saint. Gentilini was the founder of the "Ranisti" sect. This is a group of ascetics who want to find the perfection and complete realization of earthly life in divine contemplation and work.

In the early 1960s, Gentilini retired to Volpeglino , where he lived until his death on August 10, 1982. In 1982 he was awarded the La Quercia d'Oro ("The Golden Oak") prize in Bologna .

His studio in Volpeglino with the furniture, walls, doors and windows he painted is now owned by the municipality.

His paintings

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His pictures are characterized by bright colors, strict and strong colors, which were developed in almost cubist compositions. He used gouache , acrylic and oil paints . Painting and sculpture are the means to achieve a revelation of the divine in a mystical way.

He was very productive and had his heyday around the 1970s, when his fame crossed the regional borders to Switzerland.

Some evidence of his art can also be found in the frescoes and stained glass windows of the Church of Santa Giulietta S. Colombano in Pavia .

Exhibitions

Gentilini has had solo and group exhibitions in Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Canada, America, Australia, Germany and Switzerland. In 1953 he exhibited in the Galleria S. Matteo in Genoa, in 1959 in the Palazzetto di Venezia in Rome, in 1958 and 1967 in the S. Fedele in Milan. In 1973 he exhibited in anthology in the monastery of Pietrasanta and in 1976 in Lugano.

Selection of exhibitions

  • 1953: S. Matteo Gallery, Genoa
  • 1958: Milan with S. Fedele with Fontana and with the support of Father Favero and Kaisserlian
  • 1959: Palazzetto Venezia, Rome
  • 1960 to 1967 various exhibitions in Courmayeur, Camogli, Varazze, Portofino, Genoa, Chamonix, Sion, among others
  • 1968: Galleria Europa, Milan
  • 1969: Pallet Gallery, Rome
  • 1970: Globarte Gallery, Milan
  • 1973: Cloister of S. Salvatore, Pietrasanta
  • 1975: National Museum of Science and Technology, Milan - anthological exhibition of the painter and sculptor
  • 1976: In person , Lugano
  • 1992: Retrospective, Volpeglino (AL)
  • 2003/2004: Mythologies of the Present , Florence
  • 2013: Aldo Gentilini - Tutto. Frammenti di realtà . ( Everything. Fragments of Reality) , Prato
  • 2015: Anthological , Garbagna and Volpeglino

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tema ricorrente. In: miapavia.it. Retrieved May 17, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b c d Antologica di Aldo Gentilini, aspettando il museo. Retrieved May 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Comune di Volpeglino - Storia e descrizione dello stemma comunale. Retrieved May 17, 2020 .
  4. ^ "In cerca di Dio - Con sculture e macchine simboliche Aldo Gentilini attua la mistica dottrina del" ranismo "" - Archivio storico Istituto Luce. In: Archivio Luce. Retrieved May 17, 2020 (Italian).
  5. ^ Gentilini, Aldo. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ Milano. Le Madonne di Aldo Gentilini al Museo della scienza. Retrieved May 17, 2020 (Italian).
  7. ↑ exibart_admin: Aldo Gentilini - Tutto. Frammenti di realtà. In: exibart.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020 (it-IT).
personal data
SURNAME Gentilini, Aldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gentilini, A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1982
Place of death Volpeglino