Luigi De Giudici (December 12, 1887 – February 16, 1955) was an Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

of the Venetian anti-academic movement in the first years of the twentieth century. His works were exhibited at

Ca' Pesaro The Ca' Pesaro is a Baroque marble palace turned art museum, facing the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy. Today it is one of the 11 museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia system. The building was originally designed by Baldassarre Lo ...

between 1912 and 1920 and at the

International Exposition A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...

of Paris (1937).

Life

He was born in Pavia di Udine of

Friuli Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giulia ...

origins on his father's side and Carnia origins on his mother's side. He artistically grew up in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

. Starting from the representation of a ''living room world'' of liberty taste, also through the irony of

caricature A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, a ...

, he was sensible to the avant-garde movements of the beginning of the twentieth century, from

Futurism Futurism ( it, Futurismo, link=no) was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy, and to a lesser extent in other countries, in the early 20th century. It emphasized dynamism, speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such ...

Expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

, from the movement of

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to the

Secession Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics le ...

s in Vienna and Munich. He artistically formed in the unrepeatable melting pot of styles and newness of the Barbantini's

of the 1910s. Among his friends were Boccioni, Gino Rossi,

Arturo Martini Arturo Martini (1889–1947) was a leading Italian sculptor between World War I and II. He moved between a very vigorous (almost ancient Roman) classicism and modernism. He was associated with public sculpture in fascist Italy, but later renounc ...

, Mauroner, Pellis, and Pomi. His career was interrupted in 1919 when, at the age of 32 years, he decided to stop painting. He got married and had six children, and made his living by managing his properties. He was Mayor of

Oderzo Oderzo ( la, Opitergium; vec, Oderso) is a ''comune'' with a population of 20,003 in the province of Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy. It lies in the heart of the Venetian plain, about to the northeast of Venice. Oderzo is crossed by the Montican ...

from 1925 to 1927. He went back to painting in 1931 for personal pleasure and finally stopped in 1937. When he died in Venice in 1955, his early paintings were found in a locked chest. Only by chance his son Angelo found his name in a list of exhibitors of Ca' Pesaro and in 1992 Luigi De Guidici started to be studied.

Works

File:Scomposizione di donna, by Luigi De Giudici, 1912.jpg, ''Scomposizione di donna'', 1912 File:Agilità, by Luigi De Giudici.jpg, ''Agilità'', 1915

Exhibitions

*1912 **Venezia, Esposizione Permanente d'Arte e d'Industrie Veneziane, Ca' Pesaro, 29 June - 11 October *1913 **Venezia, Opera Bevilacqua La Masa - Esposizione Permanente d'Arte e d'Industrie Veneziane, Ca'Pesaro, 18 May - 5 October *1915 **Venezia, Esposizione di bozzetti degli artisti veneziani, Hotel Vittoria, 8–22 February *1919 **Milano, Grande Esposizione Nazionale Futurista, 'Galleria Centrale d'Arte', marzo, p. 10 **Venezia, Esposizione d'Arte in Palazzo Pesaro, Ca' Pesaro, 15 July - 5 October **Lido di Venezia, Esposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti, 13 July **Lido di Venezia, Mostra di bozzetti di pittura e scultura indetta dal Gruppo femminile dell'Associazione Trento - Trieste Sezione di Venezia, 17 August - 7 October **Venezia, I^ Esposizione d'Arte del Circolo Artistico, Galleria Geri - Boralevi, 29 December - 2 February *1920 **Venezia, Esposizione Permanente d'Arti e d'Industrie veneziane, Ca' Pesaro, 17 July - 30 September *1921 **Treviso, Prima Mostra Regionale d'Arte, Palazzo Gabelli, September **Venezia, Esposizione del Circolo Artistico, July *1927 **Treviso, VII Mostra d'Arte Trevigiana, Salone dei 300, 16 October - 11 November *1936 **Venezia, XXVII Esposizione dell'Opera Bevilacqua La Masa VII del Sindacato Interprovinciale Fascista Belle Arti, Palazzo Reale, Sala Napoleonica, 15 April - 30 May *1937 **Venezia, XXVIII Esposizione dell'Opera Bevilacqua La Masa VIII del Sindacato Interprovinciale Fascista Belle Arti, Palazzo Reale, Sala Napoleonica, 15 April - 30 May **Parigi, Mostra d'Arte Italiana all'Esposizione Universale di Parigi *1999 **Venezia, Emblemi d'Arte da Boccioni a Tancredi. Cent'anni della Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa 1899-1999, Galleria Bevilacqua La Masa, 6 March - 2 May **Modena, La Pittura a Venezia dagli anni di Ca' Pesaro alla Nuova Oggettività 1905-1940, Palazzo Montecuccoli, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena 28 November - 30 January *2000 **Venezia, Gigi De Giudici 1887 - 1955, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, 9 November - 10 December *2001 **Venezia, Donazione Eugenio Da Venezia, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, 10 November - 10 December *2002 **Oderzo, Gigi De Giudici e Oderzo, 1887-1955 Tra Futurismo e Novecento, Palazzo Foscolo, 26 April - 30 June *2004 **Mestre, Gigi De Giudici, 1887-1955 Tra modernità e tradizione, Centro Culturale Candiani, 29 January - 15 February *2005 **Tolmezzo, Luigi De Giudici Pittore Futurista in Carnia dal 1910 al 1920, Palazzo Frisacco, 30 July - 22 August **Spinea, De Giudici Olii e disegni, Oratorio di Santa Maria Assunta, 9–30 September *2007 **Torre di Mosto
Tra mare e laguna
Museo del paesaggio di Torre di Mosto, 16 June - 2 September *2008 **Torre di Mosto

Museo del paesaggio di Torre di Mosto, 12 July - 7 September

External links

Further information
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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Giudici, Luigi 1887 births 1955 deaths Politicians of Veneto People from the Province of Udine Italian Futurist painters People from Oderzo 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters Artists from Venice 20th-century Italian politicians Mayors of places in Veneto National Fascist Party politicians

Life

Works

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Further reading (in Italian)

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