Eso Peluzzi ( Cairo Montenotte, 6 January 1894 -

Monchiero Monchiero is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 560 and an area of .All demographics ...

, 17 May 1985) was an Italian

pointillist Pointillism (, ) is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. The term "Pointillism" wa ...

painter. He was the uncle of contemporary painter Claudius Bonichi.

Biography

Eso Peluzzi was born in Cairo Montenotte. His father was a prominent luthier and his mother a photographer. He studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, and was a pupil of Paolo Gaidano and

Giacomo Grosso Giacomo Grosso (23 May 1860 in Cambiano – 14 January 1938 in Turin) was an Italian painter. Biography After spending his childhood at Glaveno seminary, Giacomo Grosso enrolled at the Accademia Albertina in Turin in 1873, thanks to a schola ...

. In 1919 he moved to the neighborhood of the Santuario di

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. In 1922 had a solo exhibition at the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti in

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and in 1923 participated in the Autumn Art Exhibition VII in

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

. From the 1920s, Peluzzi often visited

Montechiaro d'Acqui Montechiaro d'Acqui is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southwest of Alessandria. Montechiaro d'Acqui borders the following municipalities: Cart ...

in the

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, where he found inspiration for portraits of the area, often rearranging reality to fantasy. Some of his drawings, among others, have been recently considered as models by Lichtenberg administrators to create new street furniture. He was also an instructor, and his art pupils included the Ethiopian court painter Nenne Sanguineti Poggi. From 1926 to 1948, he participated at the Venetian Biennali, and the Quadriennali of Rome, and his works have also accompanied displays of Italian Art in Baltimore, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Leipzig, Budapest, and Paris . His works are included in the Gallery of Modern Art, Genoa, Florence, Turin, Rome, and in museums in

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and

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. Between 1936 and 1938, along with the painter Mario Gambetta, he painted frescoes depicting the history of Savona for the sala consiliare of the Comune. In 1971, he was awarded honorary citizenship by the city, and in 2008, Savona inaugurated a permanent exhibition of his work at the Antico Ospizio del Santuario, where he lived for some years. He died in Turin and was buried in Monchiero in the Cuneo.Notes for exhibition of ''Solo Donna: La Figura Femminile nella prima metà del Novecento in Piemonte''
curated by Gianfranco Schialvino; exhibition in the city of Bra in 2011, page 136. His work shows the influence of

Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known prima ...

and post-impressionism.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peluzzi, Eso 1894 births 1985 deaths Pointillism 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Piedmont Accademia Albertina alumni People from Cairo Montenotte 20th-century Italian male artists