Group show
Belle Époque: Italian Painters of Modern Life. From Lega and Fattori to Boldini and De Nittis to Nomellini and Balla
29 Jun 2024 — 27 Oct 2024 at Palazzo Cucchiari
· Carrara
This exhibition brings together a remarkable panorama of Italian art across the Belle Époque, charting the journey from the intimate realism of Silvestro Lega and Giovanni Fattori through the cosmopolitan elegance of Giovanni Boldini and Giuseppe De Nittis, and on to the luminous experimentation of Plinio Nomellini and Giacomo Balla.
The show illuminates how Italian painters engaged with the rhythms and spectacles of modern life — cafes, promenades, portraits of fashionable society, and the shimmering effects of light — placing them in dialogue with broader European movements while affirming their distinctive national voice.
The show illuminates how Italian painters engaged with the rhythms and spectacles of modern life — cafes, promenades, portraits of fashionable society, and the shimmering effects of light — placing them in dialogue with broader European movements while affirming their distinctive national voice.
About the artist
Silvestro Lega
1826–1895 · realism
Silvestro Lega was an Italian realist painter. He was one of the leading artists of the Macchiaioli and was also involved with the Mazzini movement.
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Giovanni Fattori
1825–1908 · Macchiaioli
Giovanni Fattori was an Italian artist, one of the leaders of the group known as the Macchiaioli. He was initially a painter of historical themes and military subjects. In his middle years, inspired by the Barbizon school, he became one of the leading Italian plein-airists, painting landscapes…
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