Oscar Ghiglia (painter)
Oscar Ghiglia (born August 23, 1876 in Livorno , † June 14, 1945 in Florence ) was an Italian painter . He was a student of Giovanni Fattori and a friend of Amedeo Modigliani during his student days . Through Fattori he succeeded the Macchiaioli , but his work is mainly influenced by French styles.
life and work
Ghiglia's family came from Turin. After the early death of his father, he had to do odd jobs at an early age, including as a street vendor. As a painter, Ghiglia was initially self-taught, occasionally visiting the studios of Guglielmo Micheli and Ugo Manaresi in Livorno. He became a friend of Amedeo Modigliani, with whom he attended painting class, as well as Llewelyn Lloyd and Anthony De Witt . With Modigliani in 1901, when he was on Capri and Venice, an important correspondence arose for Modigliani's biography.
In 1900, after the encouragement of Giovanni Fattori, Ghiglia enrolled at the Scuola Libera del Nudo in Florence. In 1902 he lived temporarily with Modigliani in Florence. In 1901 he made his debut at the Venice Biennale with a self-portrait. Further exhibitions followed ( Primavera Fiorentina , 1903; Venice Biennale 1903; Palazzo Corsini , 1904). In Florence, Ghiglia had contact with intellectuals working around the Leonardo magazine ( Giovanni Papini , Giuseppe Prezzolini , Ugo Ojetti , Ardengo Soffici ). He was initially influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites , Böcklin and Franz von Stuck , and painted many portraits. He later studied the French symbolists Bonnard , Vallotton , Vuillard and Denis . In 1909 he met the Florentine painter and collector Gustavo Sforni , who supported him for several years.
In 1914 Ghiglia went to Castiglioncello , where he concentrated on interior views and still lifes in the style of Cézanne . In 1918 he returned to Florence. In 1920 he took part in the group exhibition Arte Italiana Contemporanea in the Galleria Pesaro in Milan , and in 1926 in the first Mostra del Novecento Italiano . 1929 had the first own exhibition in the Galleria Pesaro . He spent the last years of his life in increasing isolation. Ghiglia died in Florence in 1945.
Today his works are mainly in private collections. His son Valentino Ghiglia was also a painter, his grandson is the guitarist Oscar Ghiglia .
Web links
literature
- Oscar Ghiglia e il suo tempo , a cura di Paolo Stefani - Firenze: Vallecchi, 1985
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ghiglia, Oscar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Livorno , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1945 |
| Place of death | Florence , Italy |