Genoa Exhibition Revives Plinio Nomellini's Divisionist Legacy
The Palazzo Nicolosio Lomellino in Genoa is currently hosting an exhibition named 'Ottocento al tramonto. Plinio Nomellini a Genova', which highlights the years 1890 to 1902 that painter Plinio Nomellini spent in the city. Curated by Agnese Marengo and Maurizio Romanengo, the show includes approximately fifty pieces from Nomellini and his contemporaries, such as Giovanni Fattori and Giuseppe Pellizza. Born in 1866, Nomellini studied under Fattori and adopted Divisionism, illustrating labor themes in works like 'La giornata è finita'. He faced arrest in 1894 during the 'trial of the anarchists'. Despite financial limitations, the exhibition is being held at the palazzo, part of the UNESCO-listed Rolli system.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Ottocento al tramonto. Plinio Nomellini a Genova' at Palazzo Nicolosio Lomellino, Genoa.
- Curated by Agnese Marengo and Maurizio Romanengo.
- Around fifty works by Nomellini and contemporaries like Fattori, Pellizza, Signorini.
- Most works on loan from private collections.
- Nomellini was born in Livorno in 1866 and studied under Fattori.
- He lived in Genoa from 1890 to 1902.
- Arrested in 1894 during the 'processo agli anarchici' and imprisoned for five months.
- Designed the inaugural poster for the newspaper 'Il Lavoro' in 1903.
Entities
Artists
- Plinio Nomellini
- Telemaco Signorini
- Giovanni Fattori
- Giuseppe Pellizza
- Bernardo Strozzi
- Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti
- Gianfranco Bruno
Institutions
- Palazzo Nicolosio Lomellino
- Società Promotrice di Belle Arti
- Accademia Ligustica
- La Riviera ligure
- Oli Sasso
- Genoa Cricket and Football Club
- Partito dei lavoratori italiani
- Partito socialista
- Il Lavoro
- Secolo XIX
- Sagep Editori
- Artribune
Locations
- Genoa
- Italy
- Livorno
- Florence
- Torre del Lago
- Versilia
- Albaro
- Sturla
- Oneglia
- Milan
- Volpedo
- Palazzo Nicolosio Lomellino
- via Garibaldi