Ferro Milone

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Ferro Milone , also Carlo Cesare Ferro Milone , (born April 18, 1880 in Turin , Kingdom of Italy , † March 15, 1934 ibid) was an Italian draftsman , painter and university teacher .

Life

Milone attended the Technical School of the Collegio di Chivasso near Turin , which he graduated with a diploma in 1894. He then enrolled at the Accademia Albertina in his hometown and finished his studies there in October 1899. During his studies, he was noticed by the painter Cesare Grasso , with whom he studied and who subsequently took him under his wing .

In 1898 Milone, or as they say in Italy: Il Ferro , had his first exhibition in Turin, followed in 1901 by participation in the exhibition of the Circulo degli Artisti Turins, in which he took part until his death. He then exhibited in Italy and in Saint Petersburg and Paris . In 1903 he took part in the Biennale di Venezia for the first time , at which he exhibited several times until 1926. In Venice he was noticed by the King of Siam , now Thailand , Chulalongkorn . He invited him to his country to decorate his palace, among other things. He worked there from 1904 to 1907. His frescoes depicting life in the king's harem are well known .

At the International Exhibition for Industry and Labor in Turin in 1911, Milone showed some of his designs and drawings from his time at court in Bangkok in the Siam Pavilion . The year before, he had been appointed lecturer in the painting department of the Accademia Albertina . In 1922 he became a professor in the drawing department and held a course in fresco work in 1924. The Albanian painter Abdurrahim Buza was one of his students . From 1925 he worked again in Siam and worked, among other things, in the palace of Prince Norashing .

From 1928 to 1933 Milone was a lecturer in the techniques of copper and steel engraving. He was also President of the Accademia Albertina from 1930 to 1933 . Between 1929 and 1931 he executed three large frescoes in the cemetery chapel of the Riccardi Candiani family in Neive in the province of Cuneo . In 1931 he was commissioned to furnish the large reception hall of the town hall of Imperia in Liguria with frescoes depicting allegories and famous people.

Milone died in Turin in 1934 and was buried in the family grave in the alpine community of Usseglio , province of Turin , in which a painting by the painter showing the Three Marys has been hanging since 1932 . In 1940 some of his paintings were shown at the 22nd Venice Biennale .

Works

  • 1930: The orange basket , oil on canvas, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM), Turin.

Exhibitions

  • 2014: Cesare Ferro Milone , Museo Civico Alpino Arnaldo Tazzetti, Usseglio.

literature

  • E. Lugaro: Cesare Ferro , Bergamo 1935.
  • Giorgio Auneddu / Maria Luisa Moncasali Tibone: Arte italiana alla corte de Siam 1904–1925 , Anisa Attività, 1997

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography
  2. ^ M. Bernardi: Catalog. La Biennale di Venezia, XXII esposizione ... , pages 70-73, Venice 1940
personal data
SURNAME Milone, Ferro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Milone, Carlo Cesare Ferro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian draftsman, painter and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin , Kingdom of Italy
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1934
Place of death Turin , Italy