Alfredo Soressi (

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

, 1897 -

, 1982) was an Italian painter, eclectic in subjects.

Biography

Born in Mucinasso,

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, in 1897, he initially trained under Francesco Ghittoni at the Istituto Gazzola of Piacenza, but then traveled to Milan to study at the

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under Mentessi, Bignami, and

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. After the

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, he obtained a diploma as an architect, but for many years (1925 - 1958) he taught ornamentation at the Istituto Gazzola. In his will, he left many of his works to the Galleria Ricci Oddi of Piacenza. Among his architectural works, he designed the ''Casa del mutilato'' in Piacenza, the ''Palazzo del Comune'' in Farini d’Olmo, and the ''Villaggio degli artisti'' in Bosconure.Province of Piacenza
, short biography.

Awards

* 1957: ''Mostra d'Arte Pura di Napoli'',

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gold medal * 1958: ''Antibiennale'',

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gold medal

References

1897 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters People from Piacenza 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub