Mario Puccini
Mario Puccini (* 28. June 1869 in Livorno , Italy ; † 16th June 1920 in Florence , Italy) was an Italian painter of the Post-Impressionism . Initially he specialized in portraits and landscape painting . He was also known as the "Italian van Gogh".
biography
Adolescent years and training
As a child he was already busy drawing and painting in addition to his temporary work in his father's bakery. It was there that the painter Giovanni Fattori , who also came from Livorno, discovered the talented 13-year-old boy. On the advice of the renowned artist Giovanni Fattori, Mario Puccini applied against his father's wishes to the Accademia di Belle Arti (Florence) , where the gifted boy was admitted to study in 1884. After completing his Florentine studies (1887), Mario Puccini returned to Livorno, where he won the silver medal for his work at an artist competition at the Scuola libera di Proiezioni. For further studies he entered the Scuola libera del Nudo (Livorno) led by Giovanni Fattori.
illness
In the autumn of 1893 the rapid soaring ended abruptly in a severe psychological crisis, the exact cause of which leaves much room for speculation to this day. After a first stay in a clinic in Livorno, the mentally seriously ill patient was finally transferred to the special clinic Manicomio San Niccolò in Siena on February 4, 1894 . On May 6, 1898, father Domenico took the son, who was considered recovered, back to the family in Livorno at his own risk.
Creative period
After an apparently difficult initial phase, Mario Puccini made a new beginning as an artist in every respect. In the artist café Bardi he found like-minded colleagues and new ideas. A year with his brother in Digne-les-Bains (1910, Haute-Provence ) gave him further strength for new paths. Post-Impressionism ( Pointillism ), which is en vogue in neighboring France , also gives him the courage to take a new look at things, especially nature. The color and the larger-scale design take on a more weighty dimension in the creative process.
death
Completely unexpectedly, P. died on June 17, 1920 in a clinic in Florence of pneumonia that he had dragged away while painting in the Maremma .
plant
The creation and work of Mario Puccini is divided into two formally very different and precisely limited periods, before autumn 1893 and after June 1998. The training in Florence in the style of the Macchiaioli and the personal influence of the friend and mentor Giovanni Fattori determine the first artistic creative phase. Rapid and notable successes such as the mature portrait of his sister (April 9, 1887) or winning the silver medal in Florence (1890) mark a remarkable rise. The focus of his subjects was the human being.
The trip to the south of France (Digne-les-Bains) and the contact with the Livorn artist circle brought decisive impulses for his painting. What is definitely new is the dominant role of strong colors and the structuring of larger surfaces adopted from pointilissmus. Nevertheless, in the broadest sense, his painting remains entirely in the spirit of the Macchiaioli. In addition to portraits, the focus is now on rendering nature. The entirety of the pictures after 1900 shows no tendency towards autonomous picture and form structures as compared with Monet , Cézanne or Matisse . The history of the disease together with the colors brought forward with strong brushstrokes had earned Mario Puccini the nickname “van Gogh of Italy”. Mario Puccini was also an excellent draftsman.
literature
- Llewelyn Lloyd: Tempi andati , ed. D. Matteoni, Florence 2006
- A. Baboni: Mario Puccini, per un catalogo del opera , Florence 1989
- R. Monti (Ed.): Mario Puccini - la sua Citta, I suoi maestri, I suoi amici , 2002 sillabe
- Nadia Marchioni / Elisabetta Palminteri Matteucci (eds.): Mario Puccini. La passione del colore da Fattori al Novecento (1869-1920) , Florence 2015
Web links
- Rolf Legler, find report and expertise of a previously unrecorded original by Mario Puccini [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "Tuscany's Other Puccini" @ Magenta (Florence).
- ↑ Llewelyn Lloyd: Tempi andati , ed D. Matteoni, Florence of 2006.
- ↑ A. Baboni: Mario Puccini, per un catalogo del opera , Florence 1989
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puccini, Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Livorno , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1920 |
| Place of death | Florence , Italy |