Marco Calderini

Tristezza invernale , 1884, Rome, GNAM

Marco Calderini (born July 20, 1850 in Turin , † February 26, 1941 ibid) was an Italian painter and writer .

Live and act

Immediately after finishing school, Calderini became a student at the Accademia Albertina (Turin) in 1867 ; u. a. He studied with Antonio Fontanesi , Enrico Gamba and Andrea Gastaldi . In 1873 he finished his studies there and opened a joint studio with Francesco Mosso (1849–1877).

As early as 1870 he was able to convince both audiences and art critics with his painting “Le rive del Po a Torino”. In addition to oil painting , he was also successful with lithographs . At the 3rd Biennale d'arti di Venezia in 1899, his exhibited works received a special mention from the jury. In 1881 he was appointed to the Commissione Permanente di Belle Arti together with his colleague Domenico Morelli (1826–1901) .

Marco Calderini died at the age of 90 on February 26, 1941 in Turin, where he found his final resting place.

Student (selection)

• Filippo Cabutti (1863-1922)
• Camillo Merlo (1856-1931)
• Enrico Reycend (1855-1928)

Works (selection)

Oil painting

• Le rive del Po in Torino . 1870.
• Sui monti di Rubiana . 1889.

Fonts

• Le memorie postume di Francisco Mosso . 1885.
• Antonio Fontanesi. Pittore paësista . 2nd edition. Silvestrelli & Cappelletto, Turin 1925 (EA Turin 1901).
• Carlo Marochetti. Monografia con ritratti . Paravia, Turin 1928.
• La carriera di Giovanni Battista Quadrone. 1844-1898 . Künzli, Turin 1902.
• Vincenzo Vela . Scultore . Calanza, Turin 1920.

literature

• Enrico Castelnuovo (ed.): La pittura in Italia. L'Ottocento, vol. 1 . Electa, Milan 1991.
• Jane Turner (Ed.): The dictionary ofart, Vol. 5 . Grove, New York 1996, ISBN 1-884446-00-0 , pp. 425-426.
• Thieme-Becker . 1992.