Rinaldo Agazzi
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{{Short description|Italian painter}} |
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'''Rinaldo Agazzi''' ( |
'''Rinaldo Agazzi''' (30 October 1857 – 24 May 1939) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] painter of landscapes and portraits. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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He was born in [[Mapello]], [[Province of Bergamo]]. Along with Giovanni Cavalleri, he was awarded a stipend in 1879 to study in [[Rome]], where he frequented the Accademia Libera of [[Cesare Maccari]].{{cite web|url=http://www.bgpedia.it/agazzi-rinaldo/ |title=Agazzi, Rinaldo | Bgpedia |publisher=Bgpedia.it |date=2011-11-02 |accessdate=2013-08-16}} He was resident in Bergamo. In 1888, he exhibited at Bologna: ''Giornata serena''; ''Gli schiavi bianchi''; and ''Il calzolaio''. At the Exhibition of Turin of 1884, he exhibited: ''Pensieri allegri''; ''Casa rustica'', and two landscapes. He also painted portraits.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ |title=Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti - Angelo De Gubernatis, Ugo Matini - Google Boeken |accessdate=2013-08-16|last1=Gubernatis |first1=Angelo De |last2=Matini |first2=Ugo |year=1889 }} |
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In 1879, |
In 1879, Agazzi's painting ''A Bread in Two'' won a prize at an exhibition in [[Carrara]]. While he was in the Accademia Libera he became acquainted with numerous realist painters of the time, including [[Giacomo Favretto]], [[Luigi Nono (painter)|Luigi Nono]], [[Ettore Tito]], [[Vincenzo Irolli]] and others. This influence of realism in his work remained under the latter stages of his career, when he began painting portraits and idyllic subjects.{{cite web|last=Cipriani|first=Renata|title=AGAZZI, Rinaldo|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rinaldo-agazzi_(Dizionario_Biografico)/|publisher=Treccani|accessdate=19 August 2013}} |
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His brother was the painter [[Ermenegildo Agazzi]] ( |
His brother was the painter [[Ermenegildo Agazzi]] (1866–1945). He was a pupil of [[Enrico Scuri]] at the [[Accademia Carrara]] of Bergamo. He painted in the [[Realism (arts)|Realist]] style of [[Cesare Tallone]].{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rinaldo-agazzi/ |title=Rinaldo Agazzi nell'Enciclopedia Treccani |publisher=Treccani.it |date= |accessdate=2013-08-16}} |
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Later in life, |
Later in life, Agazzi exhibited at the World Exposition in Paris and the International Exposition in Barcelona. He was invited to the Biennale of Munich in 1905 and 1909 and to the [[Venice Biennale]] in 1920. In 1895, he helped found the artist's association in Bergamo: Circolo “Palma il Vecchio”. In 1927 he had a personal exhibition in Bergamo. He died in 1939 in Bergamo. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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