Macchiaioli - Finestre sull'Arte

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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Serafino De Tivoli's pasture: more than a painting, a piece of the real seen from the window

It is the dawn of a clear morning in the countryside around Florence, and in the calm that envelops the hills around the city, a painter stops in front of a small lonely stream to stare quickly at the scene he sees before him: a pair of cows, one whi...
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Pisa's Palazzo Blu takes stock of Macchiaioli history

Already after the first rooms of the Macchiaioli exhibition in Pisa, the public will be able to breathe a sigh of relief: at last an exhibition on the subject that does not disappoint expectations. And yes, it should perhaps be clear from the title t...
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Trieste, at Revoltella Museum an exhibition on the Macchiaioli with more than 80 works

From November 19, 2022 to April 10, 2023, the Museo Civico Revoltella in Trieste will host the exhibition I Macchiaioli. The Adventure of Modern Art, an exhibition dedicated to the Macchiaioli group, the most important group of Italian artists of the...
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