Giovanni Bartolena (24 June 1866 - 16 February 1942) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, but also of landscapes with animals.

Biography

He was born near Livorno. As a young man, at his family's villa, he indulged in his love of riding horses. His grandfather, Cesare Bartolena, portrait and battle painter, had been his early mentor. He studied briefly at the

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and attended courses by

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. He was briefly expelled from the academy, but his grandfather gained his readmittance. In 1892, he exhibited at the Promotrice di Turin, and in successive years at Florence and Turin. In 1898 he moved to Marseille, then Lucca, then Florence, where he remained until the end of World War I. He meets Mario Galli, and travels with him to Versilia with Galli's friend, the painter Plinio Nomellini. By 1917–1919, he joins his brother Adolphus in Livorno. There he meets the industrialist, Querci, and the Director of the "Corriere di Livorno", Fabbrini, who will be among his main patrons. In 1925 the textile merchant Cassuto, organized his first solo exhibition in Milan at the Galleria "L'Esame", displaying landscapes and still lifes . By 1929, he suspended his contract with Cassuto, but continued to exhibit, including in small galleries including the "Bottega d'Arte" of Livorno; the "Galleria Micheli" of Milan (1929 and 1931); and in 1930 at "Biennale di Venice" (1930). In the mid-thirties, the painter began to gain some commercial success. Never very successful financially or social, he was a member of the painters frequenting the Caffe Bardi in Livorno.Galleria Athena
biography. he died in Livorno.

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1886 births 1942 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Italian landscape painters Painters from Tuscany People from Livorno Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub