Gian-Emilio Malerba

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Gian-Emilio Malerba (born November 27, 1880 in Milan ; † March 1926 there ) was an Italian painter and one of the founders of the Novecento art direction .

Life

Malerba studied painting at the Academy in Brera and exhibited there for the first time in 1906. After a stay in Paris, he established himself in the Lombard art scene, which was influenced by impressionism. In 1913 he received the Premio Canonica . In 1914 one of his works was bought by the art collection of the House of Savoy (Collezioni sabaude). In 1916 he received the gold medal from the Ministry of Education. He does not feel connected to the art movement Futurism , rather he is one of the founders of the art movement Novecento . It was intended as an alternative to hectic futurism and was intended to initiate a “return to order”, calm, tranquility and more objectivity. This art movement arose from an initiative of Margherita Sarfatti , a lover of Benito Mussolini , who founded the Gruppo del Novecento in 1922 together with the gallery owner Lino Pesaro and Malerba and the other artists Leonardo Dudreville , Achille Funi , Anselmo Bucci , Pietro Marussig , Ubaldo Oppi and Mario Sironi and presented their works for the first time in 1923 at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. He also presented himself in the same gallery in 1923 as part of the Arte contemporanea italiana exhibition . He also exhibits at the XIII Venice Biennale.

literature

  • A. Auregli: Emilio Malerba . In: Renato Barilli (ed.): La Metafisica. Gli anni Venti, vol. 1 . Assessorato alla Cultura, Bologna 1980 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, March to August 1980).
  • Marco Lorandi: Il Novecento italiano 1923–1933 . In: Dino Formaggio (arrangement): Mostra del novecento italiano 1923 - 1933 . Mazotta, Milan 1983 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name).
  • Giorgio Nicodemi: Emilio Malerba, 1880-1926 . Galleria del Milione, Milan 1927 (catalog of the memorial exhibition).
  • Enrico Somarè: Emilio Malerba (Arte moderna italiana; Vol. 7). Editorial Hoepli, Milan 1927.

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personal data
SURNAME Malerba, Gian-Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and one of the founders of the Novecento art movement
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH March 1926
Place of death Milan