Giuseppe Amisani

Self-portrait (around 1900)

Giuseppe Amisani (called Vespa ; * December 7, 1881 in Mede , † September 8, 1941 in Portofino ) was an Italian painter.

Life

Amisani was born on December 7, 1881 in Piazza Mercato (Piazza Giuseppe Amisani) in the town of Mede di Lomellina , near Pavia in Lombardy , northern Italy. He studied at the technical institute of Pavia, where he failed the course in technical drawing. He then studied at the Accademia di Brera in Milan under Cesare Tallone and Vespasiano Bignami .

He won the Academy’s Mylius Prize for his painting “l'Eroe” (“the hero”) in 1908 and the Fumagalli Prize for figure painting in 1911 with his portrait of Lyda Borellis . From then on he concentrated almost exclusively on portrait painting; his landscapes of the Italian Alps, Rhodes and Tunisia also attracted interest,

Amisani was internationally famous in his time. He spent several years in Argentina and Brazil, and also traveled to England, France, North Africa and the United States.

He died in Portofino on September 8, 1941 .

literature

M. Monteverdi / GM: Amisani, Giuseppe . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 3, Seemann, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-363-00116-9 , p. 229.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Michele Tavola (October 11, 2008). Tutti in posa da Amisani il pittore dei re e dei vip (Italian). La Repubblica .
↑ Biography: Giuseppe Amisani (Italian). Comune di Mede
^ Giorgio Nicodemi (1929). Amisani, Giuseppe (Italian). Enciclopedia Italiana . Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
↑ Francesca Cagianelli, Dario Matteoni (eds.) (2008). La Belle Époque: arte in Italia, 1880–1915 (catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo, 10 February - 13 July 2008; in Italian). Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana. ISBN 9788836610303 , p. 208
↑ Amisani, Giuseppe, Italian. Enciclopedia Italiana - II Appendice . Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed February 2015

personal data
SURNAME	Amisani, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 7, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mede
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1941
Place of death	Portofino

[1] Michele Tavola (October 11, 2008). Tutti in posa da Amisani il pittore dei re e dei vip (Italian). La Repubblica .

[2] Biography: Giuseppe Amisani (Italian). Comune di Mede

[3] Giorgio Nicodemi (1929). Amisani, Giuseppe (Italian). Enciclopedia Italiana . Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.

[4] Francesca Cagianelli, Dario Matteoni (eds.) (2008). La Belle Époque: arte in Italia, 1880–1915 (catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo, 10 February - 13 July 2008; in Italian). Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana. ISBN 9788836610303 , p. 208

[5] Amisani, Giuseppe, Italian. Enciclopedia Italiana - II Appendice . Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed February 2015