Macchiaioli - Finestre sull'Arte

The protagonists of Italian art between the 19th and 20th centuries, from Fattori to Boldini, on display in Lucca

Silvestro Lega's intimate daily scenes, Plinio Nomellini 's landscapes and works by Giovanni Fattori, Galileo Chini, Giovanni Boldini, Oscar Ghiglia and other protagonists ofItalian art between the 19th and 20th centuries are the focus of the exhibit...
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The lands of Pisa in the paintings of the Macchiaioli.

Landscape painting represents one of the most heartfelt subjects of the Macchiaiolo movement, which has left us pieces of great intensity on the genre that can testify to that new approach that the Tuscan group, proponents of a reborn realism, was ab...
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Macchiaioli patrons: who they were, how they supported the group

It is hard to imagine that the Macchiaioli would have been successful if there had not been a host of patrons behind them, not very numerous but nonetheless ready to support their art, either financially or through less direct support, for example by...
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Elin Danielson Gambogi, the story of a painter against convention between Finland and Italy

Art history is a male domain of mastery: a peaceful consideration that few would question. After all, in a purely male-dominated world it could not have been otherwise, so much so that only in relatively recent times has the role of women in the art ...
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Sketch of a masterpiece by Cristiano Banti, pioneer of the Macchiaioli movement, goes up for auction in Rome

One of the preparatory sketches of Boscaiole con fascine, one of the most beautiful paintings by Cristiano Banti (Santa Croce sull'Arno, 1824 - Montemurlo, 1904), a painter of the Macchiaioli group and an early pioneer, along with Signorini and Cabia...
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An exhibition in Brescia on the Macchiaioli with more than 100 works by Fattori, Signorini and colleagues

The Macchiaioli are protagonists in Brescia, in the rooms of Palazzo Martinengo, with the exhibition I macchiaioli, scheduled from January 20 to June 9, 2024 in the historic 16th-century residence in the heart of the Lombard city. The exhibition, cur...
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An exhibition on the Macchiaioli for the Uffizi Diffusi, coming to Bibbona

Uffizi Diffusi returns to the Tuscan coast. In the ancient village of Bibbona (Livorno), from July 14 to October 15, it is in fact possible to visit the exhibition The Maremma of the Macchiaioli, where art and nature come together in the representati...
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The Macchiaioli and the invention of Plein Air between France and Italy on display in Monza

From February 18 to May 21, 2023, theOrangery of the Villa Reale in Monza will host the exhibition I Macchiaioli e l'invenzione del Plein air tra Francia e Italia, curated by Simona Bartolena: a review that traces the events of the Macchiaioli moveme...
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