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Giovanni Bartolena (Livorno, June 24, 1886 - Livorno, February 16, 1942) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, but also of landscapes with animals. ==Biography== As a young man, at his family's villa, he indulged in his love of riding horses. His grandfather, Cesare Bartolena, portrait and battle painter, had been his early mentor. he studied briefly at the Academy of Fine Arts at Florence and attended courses by Giovanni Fattori. He was briefly expelled from the Academy, but his grandfather gained his readmittance.〔(Galleria Athena ) biography.〕 In 1892, he exhibited at the Promotrice di Turin, and in successive years at Florence and Turin. In 1898 he moved to Marseille, then Lucca, then Florence, where he remained until the end of World War I. He meets Mario Galli, and travels with him to Versilia with Galli's friend, the painter Plinio Nomellini. By 1917-1919, he joins his brother Adolphus in Livorno. There he meets the industrialist, Querci, and the Director of the "Corriere di Livorno", Fabbrini, who will be among his main patrons. In 1925 the textile merchant Cassuto, organized his first solo exhibition in Milan at the Galleria "L'Esame", displaying landscapes and still lifes . By 1929, he suspended his contract with Cassuto, but continued to exhibit, including in small galleries including the "Bottega d'Arte" of Livorno; the "Galleria Micheli" of Milan (1929 and 1931); and in 1930 at "Biennale di Venice" (1930). In the mid-thirties, the painter began to gain some commercial success.〔Sources: AA.VV., Ottocento. Numero 20. Cronache dell'arte italiana dell'Ottocento, Giorgio Mondatori & Associati, Milano 1921. Raffaele Monti e Giuliano Matteucci ( a cura di), I Postmacchiaioli, Edizioni De Luca, Rome 1994. Quoated in ( Pinacoteca Livorno ) short biography.〕 Never very successful financially or social, he was a member of the painters frequenting the Caffe Bardi in Livorno.〔(Galleria Athena ) biography.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giovanni Bartolena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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