Carlo Pellegrini (painter, 1866)

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Carlo Pellegrini (born October 25, 1866 in Albese ; † September 5, 1937 there ) was an Italian painter , draftsman and illustrator who worked largely in Switzerland.

Life

Carlo Pellegrini completed an art degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan and was made an honorary member in 1897 on the occasion of his participation in the third Biennale di Brera because of his painting Livigno . In 1900 he came to Switzerland (Geneva, Adelboden).

Pellegrini traveled all over Europe. At the invitation of Baron Coubertin , he designed a motif on the subject of "Winter Sports" for the Concours of the 1912 Summer Olympics , for which he received the gold medal. His solo exhibitions and participations in group exhibitions are numerous. He took u. a. participated in the Brera Biennials and in exhibitions in Dresden , Rome and Turin .

plant

Pellegrini has designed numerous postcards and posters on the subjects of sports and winter landscapes. He also left landscapes , especially Engadine winter landscapes, as well as portraits . He mainly worked with oil and tempera . His paintings Al ponte inverso in Valganna , Gli sciatori , Ruscello di montagna and Livigno are particularly well known .

literature

  • General artist lexicon: Bio-bibliographical index AZ . Munich u. Leipzig: KG Saur, 2000, Volume 7, Page 643, ISBN 3-598-23917-3
  • Giulio Bolaffi (ed.). Dizionario enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori e degli incisori italiani. Dall'XI al XX secolo . Turin: Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Volume VII, 1975.
  • AM Comanducci . Dizionario illustrato dei pittori, disegnatori e incisori italiani moderni e contemporanei . Milan: Luigi Patuzzi Editore, 4th edition, Volume IV (Mont-Ron), 1973, page 2394 (also in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions).
  • Willy Rotzler, Fritz Schärer, Karl Worbmann et al . The poster in Switzerland . Schaffhausen: Edition Stemmle, 1990, page 239.
  • Giorgio Taroni. Carlo Pellegrini. Pittore e illustratore . Taroni, Collana Pittori lombardi del XIX e XX secolo, 2005, 240 pages, ISBN 978-88-88601-05-2 , ISBN 88-88601-05-8 .
  • Marianne Wackernagel: Carlo Pellegrini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 30, 2009 , accessed February 15, 2020 . 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Pellegrini, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter, draftsman and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Albese
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1937
Place of death Albese