Rubaldo Merello (16 July 1872 – 31 January 1922) was an Italian painter and sculptor.

Life and career

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of Madesimo, Merello was the son of a customs inspector. In 1881 he moved to

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with his family, and there Merello trained at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, graduating in 1892. He held his first exhibition in 1894.Alessandra Imbellone (2009).
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. Following the disappointment for the rejection of one of his works by the

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in 1895, Merello embraced a life of total isolation; in the same years he approached Divisionism, inspired by the works of Plinio Nomellini and Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo. Merello held his first solo exhibition in 1909. In 1913 he became professor of painting at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti. Around 1914 he moved to

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. In 1915 he illustrated

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's poem ''Le nozze dei centauri''. During

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, he focused on sculpture.

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* 1872 births 1922 deaths People from the Province of Sondrio 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century Italian male artists Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti alumni Academic staff of the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-artist-stub