Marella Agnelli

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Marella Agnelli in the 1950s

Marella Agnelli (* 4. May 1927 as Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto in Florence ; † 23. February 2019 in Turin ) was an Italian art collector , photographer and textile designer . She was married to Gianni Agnelli .

Life

Agnelli came from the old Neapolitan noble family Caracciolo . In her youth she lived in different European countries. Her father, Filippo Caracciolo di Castagneto , was a diplomat and from 1963 to 1965 president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . Her mother, Margaret Clarke, was an American heiress to a whiskey manufacturer from Peoria , Illinois . One of her brothers, Carlo Caracciolo, was a majority shareholder in L'Espresso and in La Repubblica . Another brother, Nicola Caracciolo , is a writer and documentary filmmaker.

Marella and Gianni Agnelli around 1966

On November 19, 1953, Marella Caracciolo married Gianni Agnelli at Osthoffen Palace in Strasbourg, France . Her father was Italy's diplomatic representative at the Council of Europe .

She is the mother of Edoardo , who committed suicide in 2002, and Margherita Agnelli . Agnelli had eight grandchildren: John Elkann has been Fiat President since 2010. Lapo Elkann is an entrepreneur and designer and is known as a playboy. The sister of the two, Ginevra Elkann , works as a film director and is president of the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli . Pietro, Sofia, Maria, Anna and Tatiana de Pahlen are children from Margherita Agnelli's marriage to Serge de Pahlen, while the first three are from Alain Elkann's marriage.

Marella Agnelli died on February 23, 2019 at her home in Turin and was buried in Villar Perosa .

youth

After completing her university degree in Switzerland, Agnelli attended the Académie des beaux-arts and the Académie Julian in Paris. In New York she was Erwin Blumenfeld's assistant . Back in Italy, she occasionally worked as an editor and photographer for Condé Nast , the publisher of Vogue .

design

In 1973, she began as haute couture - designer to work with a focus on interior design. In 1977 she received the prestigious Product Design Award from the Resources Council Inc. for her achievements in the USA.

Gardens

Agnelli was passionate about gardens. Together with well-known landscape architects, she planned the gardens in their houses, Villa Frescot on the outskirts of Turin, the summer villa near Villar Perosa , and a villa in Marrakech in Morocco , where Agnelli had been living since 2005. She has published books on gardens and photography, e.g. B. Via the garden of Ninfa near Cisterna di Latina .

art

The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin

Marella Agnelli was a member of the International Council of MOMA in New York , the Tate International Council in London , on the board of the Friends of the Hanbury Botanical Garden and Honorary President of the Torrente Chisone Nature Reserve in Villar Perosa . She was also president of the Turin Contemporary Art Association .

Marella and Gianni Agnelli owned a. a. Works by Canal , Bellotto , Canova , Manet , Renoir , Picasso , Matisse , Severini and Modigliani . A part of this private art collection went to the Fondazione Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in September 2002, a few months before Gianni Agnelli's death, and is now hanging in the Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli in Turin . This Pinacoteca was designed by Renzo Piano .

Award

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

On September 13, 2000, the President of the Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , presented Marella Agnelli with the third highest civil award in Italy.

Trivia

Agnelli was u. a. Photographed by Clifford Coffin , who photographed her with other ladies of the Italian nobility in 1949 for the American Vogue . Richard Avedon called her "the swan", referring to her long neck.

She knew many personalities from politics, art and literature z. B. the Kennedys, Andy Warhol and Truman Capote . The friendship with Capote appears in the US film Cold Blood - In the Footsteps of Truman Capote , in which Agnelli is played by Isabella Rossellini . Andy Warhol portrayed Agnelli and her husband for the famous screen printing series.

Publications

  • Marella Agnelli, Robert Emmett Bright, Luca Pietromarchi, Enchanted Worlds, Italian Gardens and Villas , Stuttgart, Lifestyle Busseseewald, 1988, 224 pages, ISBN 978-3-51-200832-0
  • Marella Agnelli, Giardino segreto , Milan, Rizzoli, 1998, 224 pages, ISBN 88-17-67997-6
  • Marella Agnelli, Marella Caracciolo, Giuppi Pietromarchi, Ninfa ieri e oggi , Turin-London-New York-Venice, Allemandi, 1998 - ISBN 88-422-0718-7 .
  • Marella Agnelli, Il giardino di ninfa , Turin-London-New York-Venice, Allemandi, 2000, 164 pp. - ISBN 88-422-0542-7
  • Marella Agnelli and Marella Caracciolo Chia, The Last Swan , New York, Rizzoli, 2014, 304 pages - 978-0-84-784321-3
  • Marella Agnelli. La signora Gocà, Piccola Biblioteca Adelphi, 2015 - ISBN 978-8-84-593040-9

Web links

Commons : Marella Agnelli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marella Agnelli, Marella Caracciolo Chia: The Last Swan . 1st edition. Rizzoli, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-8478-4321-3 , pp. 304 .
  2. ↑ La Repubblica. In: www.mediadb.eu. Institute for Media and Communication Policy, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  3. ^ Search for "Nicola Caracciolo" on the website of the Florence National Library
  4. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1286845/. In: imdb.com. IMDb.com, Inc., accessed March 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Vito Avantario: The Agnellis: The secret rulers of Italy . Campus Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 2002, ISBN 978-3-593-36906-8 , pp. 231 .
  6. ↑ a b Thomas Fromm: Marella Agnelli. In: sz.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH / Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, February 24, 2019, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Tobias Piller: The patient Agnelli legacy. In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, April 21, 2010, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Inga Griese: A watch for yachting. And everyone who adores Lapo Elkann. In: www.welt.de. Axel Springer SE, June 8, 2018, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Rob Haskell: Portrait of a Lady. In: nytimes.com. The New York Times Company, February 14, 2014, accessed March 10, 2019 .
  10. ↑ a b Mark Seal: The Woman Who Wanted the Secrets. In: vanityfair.com. Condé Nast, July 8, 2008, accessed March 10, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b c d È morta Marella Caracciolo, vedova di Gianni Agnelli. In: torino.repubblica.it. Divisione Stampa Nazionale - GEDI Gruppo Editoriale SpA, February 23, 2019, accessed March 10, 2019 (Italian).
  12. ↑ Mitchell Owens: Marella Agnelli, Style Icon, Dies at 91. In: architecturaldigest.com. Condé Nast, February 23, 2019, accessed March 10, 2019 .
  13. ^ Ninfa ieri e oggi. In: /books.google.de. Google Books, accessed March 10, 2019 (Italian).
  14. ^ Addio a Marella Agnelli, la moglie dell'Avvocato. In: ilvaloreitaliano.it. Il Valore Italiano, February 23, 2019, accessed March 10, 2019 (Italian).
  15. ^ Stefan Koldehoff : The art about the cars. In: taz.de. taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH, September 26, 2002, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  16. ↑ conferimento di onorificenze dell ' "Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". In: Gazzetta Ufficiale. March 26, 2001, accessed March 10, 2019 (Italian).
  17. ↑ Gigi Moncalvo, I lupi & gli Agnelli , page 25, Vallecchi, Florence, 2009. ISBN 978-88-8427-159-4
  18. ↑ Joachim Riedl: The Peter Pan of Pop Art. In: zeit.de. ZEIT ONLINE GmbH, accessed on February 27, 1987 .
personal data
SURNAME Agnelli, Marella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caracciolo di Castagneto, Marella (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian art collector, photographer and textile designer
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 2019
Place of death Turin