Carlo Servolini (5 April 1876 – 12 September 1948) was an Italian artist from Livorno, in Tuscany. He worked in oils, water-colour, etching and lithography. He was the father of the wood engraver Luigi Servolini.[1]
Carlo Servolini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 April 1876 |
| Died | 12 September 1948 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze |
Servolini was born in Livorno on 5 April 1876.[2] He studied in Florence at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and at the Scuola Professionale di Arti Decorative e Industriali (now the Liceo Artistico di Porta Romana), where he qualified as a teacher of drawing.[3]: 146 He received help and advice from Guglielmo Micheli, a pupil of Giovanni Fattori, but did not become an imitator of the Macchiaiolo style.[2]
He exhibited at the Biennale di Venezia in 1936, 1940 and 1942; his work was shown in Argentina, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1]
Servolini died at Collesalvetti, in the province of Livorno, on 12 September 1948.[2] In 2006, the comune of Collesalvetti established the Pinacoteca Comunale Carlo Servolini, a public gallery which houses works by Servolini and his Tuscan contemporaries, and also stages temporary exhibitions.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b Carlo Servolini: 1876-1948 dipinti, acquarelli, incisioni (catalogue listing, in Italian). Milan: Silvana Editoriale. Archived March 2016.
- ^ a b c Servolini, Carlo. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2016. (subscription required)
- ^ Francesco Tetro (editor) (2000). Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Latina: catalogo generale, Volume 2 (in Italian). [Latina]: Il Gabbiano.
- ^ Cristiana Grasso (6 April 2012). Viaggio tra i tesori della pinacoteca Carlo Servolini (in Italian). Il Tirreno. Accessed March 2016.
- ^ Pinacoteca Comunale C. Servolini Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian). Comune di Collesalvetti. Accessed March 2016.
Further reading edit
- Francesca Cagianelli, Carlo Servolini, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2006
- Alice Barontini, Livorno 900: La grafica dei Maestri, da Cappiello a Natali, Benvenuti & Cavaciocchi editore 2010