Vittorio Miele (November 24, 1926,
Cassino
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– November 18, 1999,
Cassino
Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley.
Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...
) was an Italian
painter
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.
Biography
Vittorio Miele was born in
Cassino
Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley.
Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...
in 1926 and he lived the tragedy of the
Second World War, during the
Battle of Monte Cassino
The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino, was a series of four assaults made by the Allies against German forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The ultimate objective was ...
where his father and his little sister died. His mother later died of her injuries.
Vittorio Miele survived and he went to Northern Italy.
In 1958, he participated in the Mantova City National Art Exhibition and in 1966 he had his first one-man exhibition in
Frosinone.
In 1969, with the painting "Il Dolore" he was awarded the second prize at the International Painting Exhibition in Piervert, in
France and with the painting "Case di Ciociaria" he was awarded the first prize at the Exhibition "Figurative Arts Province" in Rome.
In 1971, the Administration of the
Republic of San Marino invited him to hold a one-man exhibition at the Ridotto of the Titano Theatre. In July 1971, thousands of people visited this exhibition.
In 1972, some of his paintings were chosen, together with those of
De Chirico, Campigli, Gentilini, Cantore and
Greco for a collective exhibition in the "2000" Gallery in
Tokyo, the only gallery specialized in the presentation and popularisation of contemporary art in
Japan
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. His international experience enriches after only one year. In June 1973, with "L'ultimo Gradino" and "Passaggio Ciociaro" he is present in the Arts Pavillon in
Sarajevo.
In October, the Provincaial Tourist Organization in Frosinone awarded him the gold medal for "having contributed to the revival of Art in
Ciociaria". In Autumn 1974 was ready for his first trip to
North America
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. The Canadian press and television present the exhibitions Miele holds in the major Canadian cities. In October he exhibited, with great success, over one hundred paintings in Place Bonaventure in Montreal.
In November he held a one-man exhibition in
Toronto at the Hilton Hotel and also participated with other important contemporary artists at the Fine Arts Gallery exhibition.
Vittorio Miele worked hard during those two months, even outdoors, trying to physically capture the harsh climate in his paintings. Paintings of particular interest remain from that Canadian period, linked to that fatal symbiosis established between the master's "provincial luggage" and the temerarious clash with immeasurable perfectionism. The Nordic houses become Ciociaria countryside cottages.
In the 1970s, he was invited to
Yugoslavia, guest of the State Artist Colony in
Počitelj. There he discovered the freshness of the oriental archaic culture. He began to paint outdoors again, the style become less "harsh", the Bosnian mountains become "rounded" and the shadows are softly superimposed. He discovered a luminosity lost in his years of travelling.
After a lot of other expositions in Italy and in the US, in 1991, he exhibited at the
European Parliament.
He died in his home in
Cassino
Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley.
Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...
on 18 November 1999, after many months of
lucid
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agony.
References
* Gavino Còlomo, ''Nuovissimo dizionario dei pittori, poeti, scrittori, artisti dei nostri giorni'', Edizioni della Nuova Europa, 1975
* ''Studi meridionali'', Anno 5, fasc. 1 (January–March 1972)
* Duccio Trombadori (a cura di), ''Vittorio Miele: Il poeta del silenzio'', Comune di Boville Ernica, 2000
* ''Vittorio Miele'', Fondazione Umberto Mastroianni, 2009
External links
Vittorio Miele - Archive - Official websiteWebsite dedicated to Vittorio Miele
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1926 births
1999 deaths
People from Cassino
20th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
20th-century Italian male artists