Manlio Martinelli (1884–1974) was an Italian painter active in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

Biography

He was born in

, and trained under Guglielmo Micheli, along with Gino Romiti, Llewelyn Lloyd,

Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (, ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and ...

, and Aristide Sommati. He was a member of the ''Gruppo Labronico'' of painters that met in the Caffè Bardi. He differed from the

Macchiaioli The Macchiaioli () were a group of Italian painters active in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century. They strayed from antiquated conventions taught by the Italian art academies, and did much of their painting outdoors in order to ...

schools who had portrayed landscapes and scenery in naturalistic light; his themes were intimate and centered on people: often portraits, but could be iconic scenes of mothers and children or just toddlers. His colors were bright, with solid blocks, more expressionist than divisionist. A retrospective was held at the Pinacoteca Carlo Servolini of

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in 2010, titled ''Manlio Martinelli 1884-1974 Un amico di Modigliani alla Scuola di Guglielmo Micheli'', curated by Francesca Cagianelli.article on exhibition in Il Tirreno

Works

*''Portrait of signora Rosselli", exhibited at XXI Biennale Veneziana, and won prize of the Province in the Florentine exhibition *''Portrait in white'' *''Self-portrait'', Pinacoteca di Livorno *''Le monache'' *''Alla musica'' *''Triste anniversario'' *''Gli orfanelli'' *''La notte'', exhibited at Turin *''Le maschere'' *''La vendemmia'' *''I fascinai''

References

20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters People from Livorno Painters from Tuscany 1884 births 1974 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub Gruppo Labronico