Giulio del Torre (painter)

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Soap blowing children
Small match seller
Two boys fighting

Giulio del Torre (born December 21, 1856 in Romans d'Isonzo , Austrian Empire ; † January 1, 1932 , Kingdom of Italy ) was an Austro-Italian painter . He made a name for himself primarily as a genre painter and is known for his portraits of playing and working children.

life and work

Giulio del Torre came from Romans d'Isonzo in the county of Gorizia . As the son of the doctor Camillo, he was born into a wealthy family. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Karl von Blaas , later in Rome and Venice . He then lived in Turin , where he had a son, and in Gradisca d'Isonzo . In 1932 he died in his hometown at the age of 75.

Torre's work is mainly devoted to genre scenes and portraits depicting life in northern Italy . His street depictions of children in ragged clothes, including the match seller existing in several versions, are particularly well known . His compositions are determined by an earthy color palette with shades of blue and gray, a specialty is the high level of detail that enlivens his nostalgic compositions. The artist's first exhibition took place in Gorizia in 1888 . Many of his pictures are now kept in European museums.

Works (selection)

  • 1890: The little laundress . Oil on panel, 21 × 16 cm.
  • 1890: Venetian seamstress . Oil on panel, 41.6 × 29.8 cm.
  • 1894: The shared meal . Oil on panel, 15.8 × 21.4 cm.
  • 1897: The little smokers . Oil on panel, 23.2 × 17.5 cm.
  • 1902: The little match seller . Oil on panel, 43.9 × 24.9 cm.
  • 1902: The cardsharp . Oil on panel, 18.5 × 24 cm.
  • 1904: The doll's mother . Oil on panel, 21 × 26.5 cm.
  • 1905: The little postcard seller . Oil on panel, 27 × 17 cm.
  • 1905: washing day . Oil on panel, 27 × 21 cm.
  • 1905: The little flower seller . Oil on panel, 27 × 17 cm.
  • 1906: Children blowing soap . Oil on panel, 21 × 27 cm.
  • 1907: The two melon eaters . Oil on panel, 21.5 × 28 cm.
  • 1907: Venetian boys eating oranges . Oil on panel, 29 × 22.5 cm.
  • 1910: children's entertainment . Oil on panel, 32 × 42 cm.
  • 1911: Children's games . Oil on panel, 44 × 32.5 cm.

literature

Web links

Commons : Giulio del Torre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefano Cosma: I del Torre, quando la farmacia diventa scelta di vita e cultura. Il Piccolo , February 16, 2010, accessed March 10, 2018 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Torre, Giulio del . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 33 : Theodotos vacation . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1939, p. 553 .
  3. ↑ Giulio del Torre (1856–1932), Venetian seamstress around 1890. Lot-Tissimo, accessed on February 5, 2018 .
  4. ^ Giulio Del Torre. Recta, accessed February 5, 2018 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Del Torre, Giulio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Romans d'Isonzo , Friuli
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1932
Place of death Romans d'Isonzo , Friuli