Giovanni Battista Crema

Giovanni Battista Crema (Ferrara, 1883 – Rome, 1964) was an Italian painter.[1]

Biography

Crema was born in Ferrara in 1883.[2] In 1889 he moved to Naples to study under Michele Cammarano and Domenico Morelli at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.[3][4] He then moved to Bologna to finish his studies. From 1903 to 1964 he lived in Rome.[5]

He mainly painted social subjects with symbolist style. He was influenced by Gaetano Previati.[6]

His work is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[7] the Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Italy,[8] the Ascoli Piceno Museum at Palazzo dell'Arengo, Ascoli Piceno, Marche,[9] and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona in Tortona, Italy.[10]

References
  1. Boero, Pino; Novaro, Maria; Biblioteca Comunale di Milano (1984). La Riviera ligure: Momenti di una rivista : Genova, Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure, 16 novembre-6 dicembre 1986. ISBN 9788870581201.
  2. Fraquelli, Simonetta (2008). Radical light: Italy's divisionist painters, 1891–1910. ISBN 9781857094091.
  3. Tosini, Patrizia (2002). "La collezione d'arte di Dexia Crediop: Dipinti, disegni e sculture dal XVI al XX secolo".
  4. "Crema Giovanni Battista (1883–1964). Biografia. Quadri in vendita".
  5. "Ontdek schilder, illustrator, kunstcriticus Giovanni Battista Crema".
  6. "biography of their collection of Divisionist painters" (in Italian). Pinacoteca of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona. Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  7. "Triptych: Prisoners of the Mountain Mist, Giovanni Battista Crema ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art".
  8. "Article". Revoltella Museum.
  9. "Ritratto di Donna Che Legge".
  10. "Lavoro notturno alla stazione Termini". 2019-01-26.


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