An exhibition in Romagna traces the entire career of Mario Sironi

It opened its doors on September 16 and will last until October 22, the exhibition Mario Sironi. Retrospective homage that the city of Cesena dedicates to Mario Sironi (Sassari, 1885 - Milan, 1961), a leading exponent of Futurism, then proponent of the “return to order,” founder of the Novecento group and regime artist during Fascism. The exhibition takes place in the spaces of the Galleria Comunale d’Arte Palazzo del Ridotto in the city of Romagna (not far from the Biblioteca Malatestiana) and, through fifty works covering a period between 1914 and 1958 and coming from the collection of Andrea Sironi-Strausswald (the artist’s nephew), from the collection of the Galleria Cinquantasei in Bologna and from a number of private collections, traces the entire career of the artist of Sardinian origin.

There are three sections on which the exhibition, curated by the staff of Edizioni Cinquantasei Bologna, is divided: one dedicated to painting with works that cover the entire artistic career of Mario Sironi, a second dedicated toillustration with works from 1915 to 1925 and one on the great decorative enterprises of the period 1934-1938. Then also space to investigate mural painting, a genre in which Sironi excelled and for which he is mainly remembered by the general public: interesting in this sense is a preparatory sketch depicting Venice, Italy and Studies, executed in 1936 for the Aula Magna of Ca’ Foscari in Venice, as well as a female figure with book and musket, a sketch for the great Dux fresco for the Casa Madre dei Mutilati in Rome.

The exhibition, as mentioned, runs from Sept. 16 to Oct. 22 and can be visited with free admission: on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 3 to 7:30 p.m., and on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays double openings, mornings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and afternoons from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Closed on Mondays. From Oct. 27-30, the exhibition will move to Cesena Fiera during the 21st edition of Arte Forlì-Cesena Contemporanea. Organized by Romagna Fiere and Galleria Cinquantasei Bologna. For information you can visit the exhibition page on the Arte Forlì-Cesena Contemporanea website or visit the Romagna Fiere Facebook page. The catalog contains texts by Andrea Sironi-Strausswald, Claudio Spadooni and Estemio Serri and costs 25 euros, reduced to 15 euros during the exhibition.

Images below: Mario Sironi, Female Figure with Book and Musket, study for the female figure with book and musket in the Dux fresco (1936-1938; tempera on dusting paper applied to canvas, 262 x 182 cm; Private collection) and Mario Sironi, Venice. Italy and Studies, preparatory sketch for the wall painting executed in 1936 in the Aula Magna of Ca’ Foscari in Venice (ca. 1935-1936; tempera on paper applied to canvas, 27 x 53 cm; Private collection).

Mario Sironi, Female Figure with Book and Musket, study for the female figure with book and musket in the Dux fresco (1936-1938; tempera on dusting paper applied to canvas, 262 x 182 cm; Private collection)

An exhibition in Romagna traces the entire career of Mario Sironi

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