Piacenza Honors Giovanni Fattori with Major Bicentennial Exhibition
The exhibition 'Giovanni Fattori 1825-1908. Il ‘genio’ dei Macchiaioli' is currently on display at the XNL Contemporary Art Centre in Piacenza, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the artist's birth. Curated by Fernando Mazzocca, Giorgio Marini, and Elisabetta Matteucci, and supported by the Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano, it showcases 170 pieces, including 100 paintings and 70 drawings and etchings. Born in Livorno in September 1825, Fattori is a pivotal figure of the Macchiaioli movement, with his art encapsulating the Italian Risorgimento through themes of landscapes, rural life, and military imagery. The exhibition also features photographs by Elger Esser and examines Fattori's etchings from around 1880, emphasizing his groundbreaking techniques and impact on 20th-century Italian printmaking.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Giovanni Fattori 1825-1908. Il ‘genio’ dei Macchiaioli' at XNL Contemporary Art Centre, Piacenza.
- Curated by Fernando Mazzocca, Giorgio Marini, Elisabetta Matteucci.
- Promoted by Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano.
- 170 works: 100 paintings, 70 drawings and etchings.
- Fattori born in Livorno, September 1825.
- Key figure of Macchiaioli movement and European naturalism.
- Works include landscapes, rural scenes, portraits, battle scenes.
- Etchings created around 1880, showing stylistic evolution.
- Exhibition includes photographs by Elger Esser.
- Curator Giorgio Marini emphasizes materiality of etchings.
Entities
Artists
- Giovanni Fattori
- Elger Esser
- Piero della Francesca
- Beato Angelico
- Emilio Cecchi
- Goya
- Luchino Visconti
- Blasetti
- Rossellini
- Ford
- Kurosawa
- Valeria Ottolenghi
Institutions
- XNL Centro d’arte contemporanea
- Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano
- XNL
- Fondazione Piacenza Vigevano
- Artribune
- ANCT
Locations
- Piacenza
- Italy
- Livorno
- Firenze
- Maremma
- Castiglioncello
- Bobbio
- Veleia