Giovanni Battista Crema (

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, 1883 – Rome, 1964) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Crema was born in

in 1883. In 1889 he moved to Naples to study under

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and Domenico Morelli at the

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. He then moved to Bologna to finish his studies. From 1903 to 1964 he lived in Rome. He mainly painted social subjects with symbolist style. He was influenced by Gaetano Previati. His work is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the

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in Trieste, Italy, the Ascoli Piceno Museum at

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, and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona in Tortona, Italy.

References

1883 births 1964 deaths Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni 19th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Painters from Ferrara Divisionist painters 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub