Villa Reale di Monza Hosts 19th-Century Lombard Art Exhibition

The exhibition 'Ottocento Lombardo. Ribellione e conformismo, da Hayez a Segantini' opens at the Orangerie of the Villa Reale di Monza from April 13 to July 28. Curated by Simona Bartolena, it features over seventy works including paintings and drawings by major Lombard artists such as Francesco Hayez, Giovanni Carnovali (il Piccio), Federico Faruffini, Tranquillo Cremona, Medardo Rosso, and Giovanni Segantini. The show is organized thematically, exploring movements, iconographic trends, and the biographies of individual artists, while also examining Italian society through the provinces of Lombardy, focusing on Milan and Monza. It highlights artists like Pompeo Mariani, Mosé Bianchi, Eugenio Spreafico, and Emilio Borsa. The exhibition is produced by ViDi cultural in collaboration with the Consorzio Villa Reale e Parco di Monza and the Comune di Monza. The Villa Reale has undergone extensive restoration in recent months. This exhibition is part of a broader resurgence of interest in 19th-century Italian art, with similar projects recently held at the Castello di Novara and the Accademia Carrara di Bergamo.