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. ISBN 9788884911773.
  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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