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Bissietta
Giuseppe Fontanelli, better known as Bissietta, (10 April 1910 – 11 December 1977) was an Italian artist, remembered in Italy for his illustrations and comic strips, and whose later career included twenty years in Australia, where he taught painting and produced works in an abstract impressionist style. He returned to Italy at age 60 and enjoyed his productive last years in his homeland. Early life and career Bissietta was born in San Miniato in Pisa, Tuscany, to Eugenio and Assunta Fontanelli née Rossi. He showed an early talent for drawing and studied at the Fondazione Conservatorio Santa Chiara, Royal Conservatory of Santa Chiara in San Miniato and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence Academy under Federico Andreotti, then at age 18 moved to Milan and the Brera Academy, from which he graduated. He started work as a poster artist and magazine illustrator, signing his work "Bissietta" (perhaps signifying small and prickly) or "Giovanni Bissietta". He produced c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abstract Impressionist
Abstract Impressionism is an art movement that originated in New York City, in the 1940s.Eduoard Malingue Gallery. ''Impressionism to Modern Art.'' Hong Kong: Eduard Malingue Gallery, 2011. 10. It involves the painting of a subject such as real-life scenes, objects, or people (portraits) in an Impressionist-style, but with an emphasis on varying measures of abstraction. The paintings are often painted ''en plein air,'' an artistic style involving painting outside with the landscape directly in front of the artist. The movement works delicately between the lines of pure abstraction (the extent of which varies greatly) and the allowance of an impression of reality in the painting. History Terminology The first coining of the term “Abstract Impressionism” has been attributed to painter and critic Elaine de Kooning in the 1950s. The introduction of this term and the associated artworks both preceded and legitimised its first exhibition in 1958, curated by Lawrence Alloway. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
