Virgilio Gilardoni

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Virgilio Gilardoni (born November 13, 1916 in Mendrisio , † November 2, 1989 in Locarno ) was a Swiss high school teacher, publicist and researcher in the fields of culture, art history and politics. He was also a scriptwriter for films.

Life

Virgilio Gilardoni was a son of Luigi Gilardoni from Como , a Latin teacher at the lower secondary school. Virgilio first studied at the Locarno Teachers' College and received his teaching license in 1935. He then studied philosophy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan . Expelled by the fascist regime in 1939 , he settled in Locarno. 1946–1949 he was editor of the newspaper Il Lavoratore, the organ of the Ticino Workers and Peasants Party (later the Swiss Labor Party ). The commitment to left politics lasted all his life; In 1960 he founded the magazine Archivio storico ticinese, and from 1962–1989 he directed the Opera svizzera dei monumenti d'arte (Osma), which he founded himself .

Bibliography (selection)

  • Naissance de l'art. La Guilde du Livre, Lausanne / Edition de Clairefontaine, Paris 1948
  • Il gotico. Mondadori, Milano 1951
  • L'impressionismo. Mondadori, Milano 1951
  • Corot. Mondadori, Milano 1952
  • Inventario delle cose d'arte e di antichità II. Distretto di Bellinzona. Edizione dello Stato, Bellinzona 1955
  • Il romanico. Mondadori, Milano 1963
  • Il romanico. Casagrande, Bellinzona 1967
  • Filippo Franzoni. Casagrande, Bellinzona 1968
  • Bruno Nizzola. Casagrande, Bellinzona 1970
  • I monumenti d'arte di storia del Cantone Ticino:
    • I. Locarno e il suo circolo. Birkhäuser, Basel 1972;
    • II. L'Alto Verbano I. Il circolo delle Isole, ibid. 1979;
    • III. L'Alto Verbano II. Ibid. 1983;
  • Fonti per la storia di un borgo del Verbano. AST, Ascona 1980.

literature

  • Sandro Bianconi: Notes biobibliografica di uno storico cisalpino. In: Lombardia elvetica. 1986, pp. 357–373 (with catalog raisonné).
  • Fabio Dal Busco, Chiara Orelli: Virgilio Gilardoni. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 6, 2007 , accessed January 18, 2020 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Virgilio Gilardoni. Quei macigni gettati nello stagno (Italian) on rsi.ch/cultura/focus
personal data
SURNAME Gilardoni, Virgilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Mendrisio
DATE OF DEATH November 2nd 1989
Place of death Locarno