Ubaldo Oppi (25 July 1889 – 1942) was an

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painter, one of the founders of the

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. He painted in a neo-quattrocento realist style. Ubaldo Oppi 1

Biography

He was born in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, but by the age of 4 years, his father, a shoe salesman, had moved to

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. He was sent by his father North to the German countries to learn the shoe trade, but elected to stay in Vienna (1907–1909), and study under Gustav Klimt. He returned to Italy, and was drafted into the military for a year, serving in the Adriatic coasts. He would then travel to Paris, where he frequented the modern artistic circles. There he had a brief affair with Fernande Olivier, who had been the mistress of

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, an acquaintance of Ubaldo. In 1913, he exhibited at the Cà Pesaro in Venice along with Casorati, Martini, and Gino Rossi. In 1915, he joins again the army; this time the alpine regiments. He fought in a number of battles, including the bloody Battle of Monte Pasubio. Late during World War I, he was captured and imprisoned at Mauthausen by the Austrians. After the war, and he returned to Paris, exhibiting in the Salon des Indipendants'' of 1921. He exhibits at the 1924 Venice Biennale. In 1922, along with the following:

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, Achille Funi, Emilio Malerba,

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, and

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, he was one of the founders of the

, patronized by

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and the incipient fascist party. But within a few years, he was to drop out of the group, not exhibiting together in the 1926 Venice Biennale. He won a second prize at the Mostra Mondiale of Pisburg in 1924. He exhibited frequently abroad, including Monaco, Dresden, and Vienna. In the late 1920s, Oppi became more religious, and many of his later works included altarpieces. In 1926–28, he frescoed the Chapel of San Francesco in the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua, and in 1932, for the church of

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. He became a lieutenant coronel of the Alpine troops during World War II. He died in Vicenza.Ubaldo Oppi, l’allievo di Klimt che esaltò il Realismo
article by Dalmazio Frau, il Giornale OFF, April 26, 2016.

Gallery

Image:Oppi Donna alla finestra.jpg, Woman at Window Image:Oppi Le amiche.jpg, Women friends Image:Oppi Volto di Dhely.jpg, Volto di Dhely Image:Ubaldo Oppi – La jeune fille sentimentale.tiff, The sentimental girl

References

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