Giacomo Grosso (23 May 1860 in Cambiano – 14 January 1938 in Turin) was an Italian

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Biography

After spending his childhood at Glaveno seminary, Giacomo Grosso enrolled at the Accademia Albertina in Turin in 1873, thanks to a scholarship he was awarded by Cambiano Town Council. He became a pupil of

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and made his debut in 1882 at the 24th ''Esposizione della Società di Incoraggiamento alle Belle Arti di Torino'', completing his studies the following year. In 1884, he participated in the ''Esposizione Generale Italiana'' in Turin with a painting inspired by ''La storia di una capinera'' by

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. After coming into contact with the Paris art scene through his many stays in the French capital, he continued to exhibit assiduously in the Turin Promotrici, the Venice Biennale from the first edition in 1895 (with a one-man show in 1912), and in other international shows (Paris, 1896; Munich, 1899; San Francisco, 1915) where he became acclaimed as a portraitist. From 1901 when he made his first journey to South America he began to receive commissions from Argentina and in 1910, for the celebration of the Argentinean Centennial in Buenos Aires, he executed a large commemorative canvas ''The panorama of the'' ''

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'' (lost in the fire in 1923), an episode in the War of Independence. From 1906 he held the chair of painting at the Accademia Albertina in Turin and in 1929 he was nominated senator of the Kingdom of Italy. His solo exhibition of over fifty works was curated by Leonardo Bistolfi at the Galleria Pesaro, Milan, in 1926. Among his pupils are Arturo Conterno,

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, Eso Pelluzi, and

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.Gianfranco Schialvino, page 138.

Gallery

File:Supremo convegno Grosso.jpg, '' Supremo convegno'' (1895) File:Artgate Fondazione Cariplo - Grosso Giacomo, Ritratto dell'onorevole avvocato Cesare Sarfatti.jpg, Cesare Sarfatti, Lawyer File:Grosso La nuda.jpg, Nude (1896) GAM Torino File:Grosso-ritratto-toscanini.gif, Toscanini File:Grosso La signora Olympia Oytana Barucchi.jpg, Lady Olympia Oytana Barucchi File:Grosso L’attrice Virginia Reyter 1896.jpg,

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, actress (1896) File:Grosso portrait.jpg, Harmony Interrupted (c. 1900) File:Grosso signora-in-ermellino.jpg, Lady in Ermine (c.1900) File:Giacomo-grosso-ritratto-allaria-aperta-1902.jpg, Portrait Allaria Aperta File:Grosso Smile2.jpg, Smile File:Grosso Spechio.jpg, Mirror (1914) File:Pope Benedict XV (by Giacomo Grosso) – Vatican Museums.jpg, ''Pope Benedict XV praying'' (1919) File:Grosso nuda.jpg, Nude

References

* Laura Casone
Giacomo Grosso
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