Born in Tunisia in 1894 Giovanni March moved to Leghorn the hometown of his parents in 1908, after the sudden death of his father. Financial hardship forced him to try his hand at various professions including that of being a decorator. In about 1916-17, he was working on the decorations of some villas at Castiglioncello […]
Pupil of Domenico Morelli, he exhibited all over Europe: Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan, Turin, Venice, Paris, Munich, London. In 1916 he founded in Florence the International Academy of Painting and Graving. In the same year he was given the silver medal of the Belle Arti Society of Florence. […]
The “painter of Lucca” par excellence, Alfredo Meschi spent the whole of his life in the town where he was born every day painting its streets, squares and surrounding countryside in his typical pastels that were very well known in Lucca. Right from an early age, Meschi showed a particular aptitude […]
Of Anglo-Swiss origin, from his childhood Thayaht lived in Florence. In 1915, following a brief stay in Paris, he exhibited a series of abstract drawings in Florence, meeting Florentine Futurist artists. Thayaht’s work (his pseudonym is perfectly “bifrontal”, and can be read just the same in a mirror as it can normally) moreover is typical of the eclectic spirit […]
Brother of the eclectic Futurist painter and sculpture Ernesto Michahelles (known as Thayaht), from an early age Ruggero showed a strong flair for painting. While he was studying at the Faculty of Chemistry, without telling his father, he studied under Marfori Savini copying old masters in the museums in Florence […]
Born in Leghorn in 1866, Micheli started studying art under Natale Betti. Later he enrolled at the Scuola libera del nudo in Florence directed by Giovanni Fattori, and became his favourite student. In 1891 he had his first exhibtion at the “Promotrice fiorentina”, in 1892 showed at the “Esposizione di Belle Arti” at Rome […]
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Born in Leghorn into a well-off family, when he was very young he moved to Florence where he studied under Giuseppe Ciaranfi and Michele Gordigiani at the Accademia di Belle Arti. In 1886, when he was just seventeen, he exhibited with Fattori, Lega, Adolfo and Ludovico Tommasi at the “Prima Esposizione di Belle Arti” in Leghorn […]
When he was still a little boy, Natali began to draw and paint on his own, without any teacher or master. His first known paintings date back to 1898, and his first recognition came in 1903 with a silver medal from the Ministry of Education; then in 1905, he participated in the Venice Biennial. His passion for painting kept him […]
