BIOGRAPHIES

Giacomo Balla
Cesare Bertolla
Onorato Carlandi
Alessandro Castelli
Vittorio Grassi
Pietro Monasterio
Ruggero Panerai
Diego Pettinelli
Ludwig Streitenfeld
Matteo Tassi
 

 

Giacomo Balla, (1871 — 1956), He was born in Turin, where he studied. Since 1895, he lived in Rome. The place which should be assigned to Giacomo Balla in the history of modern art is by no means easy to define, for his work with its unusual qualities of intentions and achievement does not lend itself readily to classification. He must be considered without doubt a great master in his art. One of the founders of the movement of Futurism, he worked in this trend of modern art since 1912. His paintings and drawings are exposed in museums in Europe and all the world.

Cesare Bertolla, (1845 — 1920), born in Lucca (Toscana). Son of Giuseppe and Eufemia Paolini, he moved to Rome with his family, where he had studied at the Artistic Academy. He was one of the group of "XXV of the Roman Country" and he consacrated all his time to study , with extraordinary feeling and tender-heartedness, all the various angles, melancholic and wild of the roman country. He interpreted with masterly skill the landscape of the Pontine Marshes, in his times very extended in the region of Rome. He worked in Rome; his atelier was in via Nazionale 255 and, stayed single, he was in the artistic set of Rome, together with Carlo Ferrari, Enrico e Alessandro Coleman, Onorato Carlandi, Cesare Pascarella. He exhibited his works with continuance since 1880 at the "Associazione Artistica Internazionale" and with the society "In Arte Libertas".

Onorato Carlandi, (1848 — 1939), born and lived in Rome. The gratest italian water-colourist of the twentieth century. He had studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he was pupil of Francesco Coghetti, Alessandro Capalti and Guglielmo De Sanctis. In 1880, he moved to London together with Vincenzo Cabianca and he was well-known in London’s society from Paolo Tosti. He was interested to the paintings and water-colours of the great English Masters as Joseph Turner, John Constable, David Cox and Peter de Wint. He returned to Rome in 1891 and he worked for the society "In Arte Libertas", founded by Nino Costa. In 1904, he was one of the founders of the group the "XXV of the Roman Country" He Knew in a masterly manner how to balance tones, volumes and perspectives in a statement that used light, colour, composition and design to produce poetry.

Alessandro Castelli, (1811 — 1892), born in Rome. He both the pupil and the nephew of Simone Poncardi, whose early influence on his work centered aroun Michelangelo-like forms and classic motifs used by the painter. He worked at Poncardi’s studio an at Calcografia Camerale (the Vatican Printing-office), today Museum, where it keeps a collection of nineteen copper-plates (worthy of note is the artist’s mastery of the multi-pointed burin). At 1851, he leaved Rome to visit France, Germany and England. At 1870, he returned to Rome. A large number of his paintings, all representations of landscapes, finds itself in Paris, where the artist worked for Napoleon III at the end of the second empire. Many of his paintings are in the Art Galleries in Europe and America.

Vittorio Grassi, (1878 — 1958), born and died in Rome, where he worked. He studied as pupil of Onorato Carlandi and Enrico Coleman. He exhibited his paintings the first time in Rome, in 1904. His paintings are in National Gallery of Modern Arts in Rome, Florence, Milan. Grassi was a rather restless, unsettling figure who brought an original, highly personal approach to his paintings. He loved to color tables and canvasses. He was also a great picture-maker. He was teacher in the University of Rome and at Academy of Fine Arts. He was manager of artistic-office in Institute of Italian Encyclopedia and member of San Luca Academy.

Pietro Monasterio, (1876 — 1940), born in Palermo (Sicilia), where he studied at the local Artistic Academy. He was pupil of Francesco Lojacono. Later in Rome, he studied at Accademia di Belle Arti. His Paintings are in Palermo, Rome, Florence, Milan Paris, London. In London he exposed with a great hit.

Ruggero Panerai, (1862 — 1923), born in Florence, died in Paris. Painter of historical subject and animals. Pupil of Giovanni Fattori, he begins to paint in 1887 and exhibited in Paris in 1889 (Exposition Universelle). As painter, his palette held a skillful mix of colours. His Paintings are in Modern National Gallery in Florence, in France and in England.

Diego Pettinelli, (1897 — 1989), born in the Marches region. He was both the pupil and the son-in-law of Adolfo De Carolis. Especially noteworthy works from the years of his long life include the seascapes, the nature scenes and the trees and flowers that he painted with pastels and oils in a style similar to Morlotti’s Lombard School of painting. He was a close friend of Gabriele d’Annunzio, whom he met during a 1926 visit made with De Carolis. Pettinelli, who both painted and created engraving, had studied at the Artistic Institute in Urbino. He took part in the Venice Biennial Exhibition on two occasions with his etchings and wood-cutting. In 1978, on the occasion of the Sixth International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Raffaele Monti said of him, "He has a personal style in which an extraordinary technical ability serves to bring out a vigorous capacity for narrative creation".

Ludwig Streitenfeld, (1849 — 1930), born in Vienna, died in Eisenach (Austria). Austrian school of many italian influence. He studied until 1872 at the Artistic Schools in Munich, Duesseldorf, Dresden. Later he cames to Italy, where he worked. Since 1927 he remaind in Eisenach. His paintings are in Italy, Austria, Germany. The museum of Neustrelitz-Castle keep many paintings of him.

Matteo Tassi, (1840 — 1895), born in Perugia (Umbria), where he studied and later he shall teach as headmaster of Academy of Fine Arts. His paintings are in Italy and in many countries of Europe. He painted and decorated many public buildings in Umbria, Toscana, Lazio.