Baccio Maria Bacci (1888 - 1974) was an Italian painter of the Tuscan Novocento movement. He also published various books on contemporary art movements.

Biography

He was born in

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, he traveled to Paris in 1908. He returned to Florence in 1910 and exhibited with Giovanni Costetti, gaining the encouragement of

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, Thomas Neal, and Matteo Marangoni. During 1913-1918, he painted in a style influenced by the

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, with canvases titled ''Aeropittoriche''. In his later years, he painted for a number of churches and created mosaic designs.Accadde in Toscana: L'arte visiva dal 1915 al 1940
by Tommaso Paloscia, page 48.

References

1888 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-stub