Filippo De Pisis

Filippo De Pisis (* May 11, 1896 as Luigi Tibertelli in Ferrara , Italy , † April 2, 1956 in Milan ) was an Italian painter .

Luigi Tibertelli took the stage name "Filippo de Pisis" in memory of his ancestor "Filippo da Pisa", who lived as a general in the 15th century.

De Pisis was a painter of the Novecento italiano . He is considered a representative of Italian futurism in painting. His works have a post-impressionist and sometimes expressive character.

Filippo De Pisis worked as a poet and writer in his youth. He attended the University of Bologna and began to be in artistic circles there. In 1917 in Ferrara de Pisis met the artists Giorgio de Chirico , Carlo Carrà and Alberto Savinio , who were among the founders of metaphysical painting . From 1920 to 1925 he lived in Rome. During this time his decision to become a painter matured.

In 1925 Filippo De Pisis moved to Paris and lived there until 1939. In France, De Pisis began to study the French painters of the 19th century and the Impressionists as well as contemporary painting. In Paris, De Pisis painted street scenes and his famous portraits of people in the metro, on the Seine and in the streets of the old town. His subjects were people on the street, immigrants and underground people, workers and street boys. Emotionalized still lifes are also part of his paintings in Paris.

Filippo De Pisis's home in Venice from 1943 to 1949.

In 1939 Filippo De Pisis returned to Italy and lived and worked in Milan and Venice. A chronic illness forced him to frequent clinics from 1948 onwards. Nevertheless, he did not stop with his artistic activity and still created numerous remarkable pictures. In 1953 he was awarded an Antonio Feltrinelli Prize . De Pisis was a participant in documenta 1 in Kassel in 1955 . In 1964, his works were shown posthumously at documenta III .

Filippo De Pisis died on April 2, 1956 in Milan.

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SURNAME	De Pisis, Filippo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tibertelli, Luigi (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ferrara , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	April 2, 1956
Place of death	Milan