Mario Agrifoglio

Mario Agrifoglio (born June 4, 1877 Genoa , † March 27, 1972 Roasio ) was an Italian painter , fresco painter and sculptor .

Life

Mario Agrifoglio studied at the Accademia ligustica di belle arti in Genoa until 1895 , and made his debut in 1892 with a drawing by Christopher Columbus , which was exhibited in Genoa. He received a five-year scholarship from the academy, which enabled him to study in Rome . During his stay there from 1904 to 1908 he devoted himself to portrait, landscape, genre painting and still life, moved into a studio in the Villa Strohl-Fern and met and visited the painter Antonio Mancini . During this time Agrifolio participated in exhibitions of the group "In Arte Libertas" and the "Associazione degli Acquarellisti Romani".

In 1912 he went to study in Paris, took courses at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and improved his drawing talent, deepened his artistic knowledge and perfected his stylistic palette. Mario Agrifoglio stayed in Paris until 1918, came into contact with the avant-garde of contemporary art during the pre-war climate and associated with the Italian artists resident there, including Giovanni Boldini . But his way was figurative painting , which he reproduced on canvas without compromise.

Back in Genoa, Agrifoglio became a teacher at the Ligurian Art Academy ( Accademia ligustica di belle arti ), first for drawing and painting and from 1934 for sculpture . He mainly worked as a portraitist , without neglecting the sculptures that are occupied in the monumental cemetery Staglieno . Some of his works can be found in the picture gallery of the Chamber of Commerce of Genoa and the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Genoa-Nervi .

In 1972 Mario Agrifoglio died in Roasio, in the province of Vercelli .

Work (selection)

• Autunno a Villa Borghese (Autumn at Villa Borghese), 1903
• Fiori di campo (wild flowers), 1904
• Dintorni di Amalfi (Surroundings of Amalfi), 1904
• Sogno (dream), 1906
• Alunna (student), 1906
• Sorpresa (surprise), 1907
• Frescoes on the ceiling and walls, “Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari”, in San Polo dei Cavalieri , 1910
• Boccadasse
• Ritratto femminile (Portrait of a Young Woman), 1938
• Portrait of Pope Pius XII , 1940
• Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Boetto , 1942
• Portrait of Prince Luigi Amedeo , before 1933

Name affinity

There is no direct relationship between the painters with the same name, Mario Agrifoglio (Agrifoglio = holly in Italian), although both come from Liguria. The former was born in Genoa in 1877 and the other in Santa Margherita Ligure in 1935 .

literature

• Mario Agrifoglio . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930.
• Umberto Allemandi, Alberto Bolaffi (ed.): Dizionario enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori e degli incisori italiani dall'XI al XX secolo. Volume 1: Abacco – Bellori. Bolaffi, Turin 1972.
• AM Comanducci: Dizionario illustrato dei pittori e incisori italiani moderni e contemporanei. III ediz., Parente e Massarelli, Milan 1962.

Web links

• Agrifoglio Mario pittore ligure (Italian) , from pittoriliguri.info, accessed April 16, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari: L'edificio fu di nuovo rinnovato nel 1910, quando il pittore Mario Agrifoglio ne dipinse il soffitto e le pareti. (The building was renovated in 1910 when the painter Mario Agrifoglio painted the ceiling and walls.) ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Portrait of Prince Luigi Amedeo (1873-1933), Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian admiral and explorer, portrait by Mario Agrifoglio (1877-1972). La Spezia, Museo Tecnico Navale Della Marina Militare , on Getty Images, accessed April 16, 2016.