Novecento (artist group)

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Novecento is the name of an Italian group of artists who first presented their works in Milan in 1922.

The seven artists were Mario Sironi , Achille Funi , Leonardo Dudreville , Anselmo Bucci , Gian-Emilio Malerba , Pietro Marussig and Ubaldo Oppi . The artists came from different styles, what united them was the turning away from modernity and the conviction to embody the true spirit of the 20th century (“Novecento”) in their work. Her works should be understood as "ritorno all'ordine" ("return to order") and were based on the subjects of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance . The founder and coordinator of this group was Margherita Sarfatti , art critic, writer and lover of Benito Mussolini . In 1924 these artists presented their works together again at the Venice Biennale (only Oppi appeared separately). With the establishment of the “Comitato Dirretivo del Novecento Italiano”, the common principles were clarified and the artistic attitude was formulated, which was defined with order, clarity and decency. In 1926, under the aegis of Sarfatti, a new, much larger exhibition was held in Milan , with 110 artists representing the entire range of the Italian art scene, including the Futurists. The "Novecento" (from 1926 Novecento Italiano ) was preferred by Mussolini and his regime, as it increasingly dealt with nationalist subjects, and was also able to achieve considerable success abroad. As an art movement, it shared the fate of the regime.

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