Macchiaioli - Finestre sull'Arte

Eugenio Cecconi, painter of the Maremma, on display in Forte dei Marmi

One of the most important retrospectives dedicated to Eugenio Cecconi (Livorno, 1842 - Florence, 1903) a painter friend of the Macchiaioli and authentic witness of a Tuscany made up of countryside, hunting and everyday peasant life, comes to life in ...
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Genoa dedicates an exhibition to the heirs of the Macchiaioli, from Nomellini to Gioli and Tommasi

In Genoa, Palazzo della Meridiana is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the postmacchiaioli, entitled Gli Eredi dei Macchiaioli. From Silvestro Lega to Plinio Nomellini, curated by Simona Bartolena with the collaboration of Armando Fettolini. The exh...
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Ulvi Liegi between stain and impression in a painting that is an ode to color. The exhibition in Livorno

It is now more than 54 years since Giuliano Matteucci wrote that Ulvi Liegi 's painting is "now finally recognized by all as one of the first voices of current modern art." Yet despite the fact that it was one of the pivotal figures in the history of...
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A Macchiaiolo to be rediscovered: Stanislao Pointeau on display for Uffizi Diffusi

Until Feb. 16, 2025, the "Giuliano Ghelli" Museum in San Casciano in Val di Pesa (Florence) is hosting an exhibition dedicated for the first time to Stanislao Pointeau (Florence, 1833 - Pisa, 1907), the French-Florentine painter who played a fundamen...
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In Livorno, an exhibition dedicated to Anna Franchi, the woman who launched the Macchiaioli movement

From Nov. 28 to Dec. 7, 2024, the city of Livorno will pay tribute to Anna Franchi (1867-1954), the great art critic who had the merit of being among the first to support the Macchiaioli movement and to intuit its importance (read here a long in-dept...
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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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