Women from Trieste in the early decades of the 20th century: thirty portraits on display at the Sartorio Museum in Trieste

by Redazione , published on 06/12/2023
Categories: Exhibitions / Disclaimer
From December 21, 2023 to April 1, 2024, the Sartorio Museum in Trieste presents an exhibition of thirty portraits of women from Trieste in the early decades of the twentieth century by its best artists of the century. A glimpse into the female world of that era.

The Sartorio Museum in Trieste is hosting from December 21, 2023 to April 1, 2024 the exhibition Eterno Femminino. Art in Trieste between Fascination and Discretion 1900-1940, curated by Federica Luser, Michela Messina and Alessandra Tiddia, promoted by the Department of Culture and Tourism Policies-Tourism Promotion Service, Museums, Cultural and Sports Events-P.O. Historical and Artistic Museums of the Municipality of Trieste, and realized by Trart-Cooperative Society of Cultural Services.

Thirty portraits of women from Trieste in the early decades of the 20th century from the collections of the Sartorio Museum, the Revoltella Museum, the Art Collection of the CRTrieste Foundation and private collections will be on display, with the intention of offering the public a special look at Trieste through some of the works of its best artists of the century. A look at the feminine world, at theeternal feminine: muses, friends, wives, lovers, beautiful and shameless women, provocative and satisfied, shy and reserved, mirroring the Trieste of that era. A discreet, enigmatic and sometimes ambiguous charm, caught in the mundane and the secret of the rooms.

The works selected for this exhibition are by Franco Asco, Antonio Camaur, Glauco Cambon, Bruno Croatto, Cesare Cuccoli, Oscar Hermann Lamb, Mario Lannes, Pietro Lucano, Giannino Marchig, Piero Marussig, Giovanni Mayer, Argio Orell, Gino Parin, Nino Poliaghi, Arturo Rietti, Ruggero Rovan, Edgardo Sambo, Carlo Sbisà, Cesare Sofianopulo, Vito Timmel, and Carlo Wostry, and encompass a time span that focuses on the first four decades of the twentieth century, years of great change following the transformations of a city that, after World War I, saw its world crumble and then rebuild itself in different forms and ways. These are works that oscillate between Symbolist and Post-Impressionist references and atmospheres related to the world of Deco and those of Magical Realism.

Common denominator of the selected works, however, is that subtle balance between these figures and Trieste, that discreet and perturbing charm, that “surly grace” that emerges in the poses, in the expressions of the faces, but also in a look, in the relationship between the woman portrayed and the context, often expressed by a detail or told in the space of the canvas.

Hours: Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Open Dec. 26.
Free admission.

Image: Nino Poliaghi, Figure Study, detail (1929; oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm; private collection)

Women from Trieste in the early decades of the 20th century: thirty portraits on display at the Sartorio Museum in Trieste
Women from Trieste in the early decades of the 20th century: thirty portraits on display at the Sartorio Museum in Trieste


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