tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post1852741100219290284..comments2024-03-25T03:15:21.061-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: Luigi Bonazza: Not Quite TraditionalDonald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-22618509991904733362016-01-30T10:10:56.680-08:002016-01-30T10:10:56.680-08:00Giuseppi -- Thank you for the link and information...Giuseppi -- Thank you for the link and information. Bonazza's work was very interesting and, perhaps, would be better known today had he worked in Milan, Florence or Rome instead of Trento. Even so, I suspect his style would have been too late-19th century (that is, old fashioned) for him to have made a stronger mark when 20th century modernist "isms" were becoming mainstream. Too bad.<br /><br />By the way, I overnighted in Trento in 1998 or 2000. Nice city.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-10025157051588958782016-01-30T03:02:19.634-08:002016-01-30T03:02:19.634-08:00Sorry I forgot to tell you that I know information...Sorry I forgot to tell you that I know informations on "notte d'estate".<br />The source is the general catalog of the works by Luigi Bonazza.<br />The painting is signed and dated 1935 (so much later than the dates you have written).<br />The reason of the discrepancy is probably that "Notte d'estate" (Summer night) is also a fresco in his own house, in Trento, that he did around 1920.<br />The tempera on cardboard painted in 1938 (and with the same title of the fresco) is obviously inspired from the fresco and with the same title. <br /><br />His work was strongly inspired by the Viennese style of painting: from 1897 to 1912 he was in Vienna. He was pupil of Gustav Klimt. Many of his painting are indeed beautiful.<br /><br />ciao!<br />Giuseppe Nardelli<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967779073352698288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-31817612713179886232016-01-29T14:58:37.682-08:002016-01-29T14:58:37.682-08:00Dear Donald,
happy to see a post on Luigi Bonazza!...Dear Donald,<br />happy to see a post on Luigi Bonazza!<br /><br />My family is very attached to him, as he painted a wonderful portrait of our grandmother.<br />Ritratto di Italia Bertotti, 1923. The painting is at MART, Rovereto (museum of art).<br />Dimensions 165x75 cm.<br />The pointillisme technique in this painting is outstanding. The subject is my grandmother at the age of 15.<br />Here is a link to it, if you like<br />https://it.pinterest.com/gnardex/luigi-bonazza-ritratto-di-italia-bertotti/<br />(in the same pinterest showboard there is also a very nice etching by Luigi Bonazza, Leda and the Swan, 1908)<br /><br />Let me know if you like them<br />cheers<br />Giuseppe<br /><br /><br />I know very well the legend of Orfeo, as its permanent <br />position is in Trento, where I live.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967779073352698288noreply@blogger.com