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Igino Benvenuto Supino (Pisa, 1858 -1940) was an Italian painter, art critic, and historian ==Biography== Igino was born to a prominent and erudite Jewish family of Pisa; his father, Moises, was a collector of medieval seals, coins and medals, who donated his collection to the Museum of Pisa.〔(Short biography ) for retrospective at Bargello.〕 After his lyceum education, he first studied first under the professor Alessandro Lanfredini in Pisa, then in 1883 at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, under professor Antonio Ciseri. At the Academy, Igino meets the painters of the Macchiaioli movement, and develops close friendships with Fattori and Signorini, who appreciate his first paintings, displayed at Florentine exhibitions between 1885 and 1889. he also befriends Vittorio Corcos, a Symbolist painter.〔(Short biography ) for retrospective at Bargello.〕 In 1885, he exhibited for the first time at the Società d'incoraggiamento of that city, two paintings: ''Interior of the Pitti Gallery'' and the other a genre painting titled ''Primi voti''. The next year at the same Exposition he sent: ''Le gramignaie'', ''Al terrazzo'', and ''In giardino'' In 1888 at Bologna, he exhibited ''Mattino d'estate''. In 1889, another painting titled: ''Study of Reality''. At the 1889 Promotrice of Florence he exhibited: ''In Church'', ''In Spring'', ''Prima comunione'', ''Dopo colazione'', ''La convalescente, and ''Three rabbis at the Temple''.〔( ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.'' ), by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 499-500.〕 Over the years, Igino gravitated towards learning about art history and in 1886 attend lectures by Pasquale Villari and Alessandro D’Ancona at the Istituto di Studi Superiori of Florence. He became attached to the use of scientific principles, or the theory of Positivism, in the study of Arts. His scholarly temperament induced him to dedicate himself to the art history rather than painting. During 1888 -1889, he meets with Adolfo Venturi in Rome, and contributes to a number of works of art criticism. In 1891, he returns to Pisa to study medieval and ancient monuments for the Museo Civico, inaugurated two years later. He was named Inspector of Monuments of Pisa. He publishes his first articles about the Tuscan artists: Giovanni Pisano, Tino di Camaino, and Giambologna, among others, in the journal “Archivio Storico dell’Arte” founded by Adolfo Venturi. In 1896, he was named Inspector for the Museo Nazionale del Bargello. For the next ten years he catalogued and researched the collections. In 1904 he was named Director of the Bargello, and commissioned as Associate Superintendent of the Florentine Galleries. He taught at the Istituto di Studi Superiori e pubblica, and published a number of monographs with photographs, including, among others, on Beato Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, and Benvenuto Cellini. He worked in this regard with the Alinari brothers. In 1906 he gained the professorship of History of Art at the University of Bologna, and moved there with his family. He teaches there for nearly thirty years. His main interest is art and architecture of Bologna. Among his supporters was Giovanni Pascoli. He retired in 1933, and was replaced at his position by Roberto Longhi, but remained as Honorary Professor of the Istituto which he had helped found in Bologna. In 1938, with the imposition of the fascist racial laws, he was forced to retire. Living alone on his house on via Dante, He prepared his last volume on the art of the Churches of Bologna, but died before completing the work.〔(Short biography ) for retrospective at Bargello.〕 〔(Igino Benvenuto a cura di Redazione, il 09/03/2010 ).〕 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「Igino Benvenuto Supino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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