The major monograph on Plinio Nomellini continues in Seravezza

The exhibition Plinio Nomellini is underway (from July 13 to November 5, 2017). From Divisionism to Symbolism towards the Freedom of Color, a monographic exhibition dedicated to Plinio Nomellini (Livorno, 1866 - Florence, 1943), among the main exponents of Divisionism in Italy, but capable of an art that also knew how to be very versatile. The exhibition is being held at the Palazzo Mediceo in Seravezza (Nomellini often stayed in Versilia, which is why the place is particularly suitable) and is being held 20 years after the last monographic exhibition dedicated to the Tuscan artist, which took place at the Museo Civico Giovanni Fatto in Livorno and at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Curated by Nadia Marchioni, the exhibition presents more than ninety paintings divided over seven sections that trace the entire iter of Nomellini’s career, which is contextualized for the first time in his era with fruitful dialogues with artists contemporary to him.

In the exhibition, in addition to the early works, which show how Nomellini was formed in the Macchiaiolo milieu by looking both to his master Giovanni Fattori and to two greats of the time such as Silvestro Lega and Telemaco Signorini, masterpieces such as La diana del lavoro (1893), which testifies to the political and social commitment of the artist (who was an anarchist), two evocative bucolic paintings that interpret reality in a symbolic key, such as The Red Nymph (1904) and The Pillar of Smoke (1909), as well as drawings illustrating the poems of Giovanni Pascoli, and works created during periods in Versilia (such as The Fair in Pietrasanta in 1912). To act as a “side dish,” works by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Galileo Chini, Lorenzo Viani and others.

“Unlike a traditional monographic exhibition,” says curator Nadia Marchioni, “this new exhibition does not limit itself to presenting Nomellini’s works alone but places them side by side and relates them to the suggestions of the cultural context in which the artist worked, with a particular focus on the early and fruitful years of his activity, when his young personality was more permeable to external suggestions and, at the same time, a harbinger of ever new experimentation.” Among the most interesting paintings are precisely those of Versilia, in which “the brightness of the Versilia coastline transforms the painter’s palette into a kaleidoscopic celebration of nature and contributes to the maturation of an Edenic vision of the landscape.”

The exhibition is open daily. Monday through Friday (until Sept. 3) from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (until Sept. 3) from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. From Sept. 4 until Nov. 5, closed Mondays and open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 3 to 8 p.m., Sundays and holidays from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ticket: full 7 euros, reduced 5 euros, family ticket (two adults and children up to 14 years) 14 euros. Guided tours every Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. (cost 10 euros including ticket). Guided tours for children every Thursday from 7 to 8 pm (cost 6 euros including ticket). Educational workshops every Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. (cost 6 euros including ticket). Reservations required for tours and workshops (call 339 8806229). Catalog published by Maschietto Editore. Info at www.palazzomediceo.it.

Image: Plinio Nomellini, The Wave (circa 1924).

The major monograph on Plinio Nomellini continues in Seravezza

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