Angelo Morbelli - Finestre sull'Arte

For eighty cents! The hard work of the mondine in Angelo Morbelli's masterpiece

On January 18, 1895, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo wrote to Angelo Morbelli (Alessandria, 1853 - Milan, 1919) to congratulate him on his progress with the work the artist was making at the time, his masterpiece Per ottanta centesimi!, now preserved in...
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An exhibition in Sondrio on the poetics of the affections through masterpieces from the 1800s and 1900s

Until November 14, 2021, the MVSA in Sondrio, the Valtellina Museum of History and Art, is hosting the exhibition Poetics of the Affections. Italian Painting between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, realized thanks to the collaboration between...
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When Angelo Morbelli painted the abandonment and despair of the elderly at the Pio Albergo Trivulzio

When one admires a painting whose protagonists are elderly people segregated in a hospice, what one is contemplating is "not a normal aspect of our culture, so to speak," wrote art historian Michael F. Zimmermann a few years ago, speaking of the ...
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Angelo Morbelli, His Milan, Pointillism. The beautiful centenary exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art.

One of the most interesting and fruitful achievements of the exhibition Morbelli. 1853 - 1919, the valuable anthological exhibition that the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan is dedicating to Angelo Morbelli (Alessandria, 1853 - Milan, 1919) on t...
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GAM in Milan pays tribute to Angelo Morbelli on the centenary of his death

From March 15 to June 16, 2019, GAM - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Milano is hosting the exhibition Morbelli 1853 - 1919, on the centenary of the death of Angelo Morbelli (Alessandria, 1853 - Milan, 1919), one of the most important Divisionist painters...
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Painted light. A journey through the technique of Angelo Morbelli

The following text by Gianluca Poldi is taken from the essay of the same name in the catalog of the exhibition Angelo Morbelli. Light and Color (at Bottegantica in Milan, until March 16, 2019), dedicated to the great Divisionist painter Angelo Mor...
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