Trento Longaretti
Trento Longaretti (27 September 1916 – 7 June 2017) was an Italian painter. He studied at the Brera Academy in the 1930s, where he was taught by renowned artists including painters Aldo Carpi and Pompeo Borra, and sculptors Francesco Messina and Marino Marini.
| Trento Longaretti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 September 1916 Treviglio (BG), Lombardy, Italy |
| Died | 7 June 2017 (aged 100) Bergamo, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Field | Painting, mosaic, fresco, stained glass |
Longaretti stated that painting is an "elixir for long life", and continued to paint and exhibit as a centenarian.
His oil paintings have been described as dense and oily like those of Paul Cézanne, and his style having similarities to the fantasy settings of Marc Chagall and "pictorial culture" of Egon Schiele. His still life paintings have been described as "delicate and almost religious".
He became involved in the Italian figurative art movement of the 1950s.
He turned 100 in March 2017 and died on 7 June 2017.[1][2]
Trento Longaretti Media
Courtyard of the Brera Academy, where Longaretti studied art in the 1930s
A mosaic of Saint Veronica wiping the face of Jesus, the sixth Station of the Cross, a work by Longaretti installed on the grounds of the Church of San Salvatore in Monasterolo del Castello
Related pages
References
- ↑ Staff (2016-09-27). "Trento Longaretti, un autoritratto". Bergamo Post. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ Staff (2017-06-07). "È morto a cento anni Trento Longaretti Se ne va un pezzo di storia - Foto e Video" (in italiano). L'Eco di Bergamo. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
Further reading
- Longaretti, Trento; Veca, Alberto (1996). Trento Longaretti: excursus : Longaretti da Brera alla Carrara. Galleria Lorenzelli. Bergamo: Galleria Lorenzelli.
- Possenti, Amanzio (1991). L' arte lombarda a Sirmione: quattro pittori contemporanei nella città di Catullo: Consadori, Di Prata, Ferlenga, Longaretti (in italiano). Credito Bergamasco (Sirmione branch), Assessorato alla Cultura. Flash Edizioni.
- Conversazione con il pittore Trento Longaretti: Trento Longaretti al Sacro Monte di Varese. Museo Baroffio e del Santuario. Mariani Artigrafiche. 2005.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - "Lettera del Papa Giovanni Paolo II agli Artisti" [Letter of Pope John Paul II to artists] (in italiano). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 1999. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
Other websites
- Trento Longaretti, a book about the artist published by Galleria Lorenzelli (Bergamo)
- Gatti, Chiara (13 October 2002). "Longaretti naturalista inquieto" [Longaretti a restless naturalist]. La República (in italiano). Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- "I 100 anni di Trento Longaretti" [The 100 years of Trento Longaretti] (in italiano). L'Eco di Bergamo. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.