Giovanni Battista Crema Explained

Giovanni Battista Crema (Ferrara, 1883 – Rome, 1964) was an Italian painter.^[1]

Biography

Crema was born in Ferrara in 1883.^[2] In 1889 he moved to Naples to study under Michele Cammarano and Domenico Morelli at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.^{[3] [4]} He then moved to Bologna to finish his studies. From 1903 to 1964 he lived in Rome.^[5]

He mainly painted social subjects with symbolist style. He was influenced by Gaetano Previati.^[6]

His work is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art,^[7] the Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Italy,^[8] the Ascoli Piceno Museum at Palazzo dell'Arengo, Ascoli Piceno, Marche,^[9] and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona in Tortona, Italy.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Book: La Riviera ligure: Momenti di una rivista : Genova, Banco di Chiavari e della Riviera Ligure, 16 novembre-6 dicembre 1986. 9788870581201. Boero. Pino. Novaro. Maria. Biblioteca Comunale di Milano. 1984.
2. Book: Radical light: Italy's divisionist painters, 1891–1910. 9781857094091. Fraquelli. Simonetta. 2008.
3. Book: La collezione d'arte di Dexia Crediop: Dipinti, disegni e sculture dal XVI al XX secolo. Tosini. Patrizia. 2002. 9788884911773.
4. Web site: Crema Giovanni Battista (1883–1964). Biografia. Quadri in vendita.
5. Web site: Ontdek schilder, illustrator, kunstcriticus Giovanni Battista Crema.
6. Web site: biography of their collection of Divisionist painters. . . Italian . 2017-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170404094437/http://www.fondazionecrtortona.it/divisionismo/artisti/giovanni-battista-crema/ . 2017-04-04 . dead .
7. Web site: Triptych: Prisoners of the Mountain Mist, Giovanni Battista Crema ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art.
8. Web site: Article . .
9. Web site: Ritratto di Donna Che Legge.
10. Web site: Lavoro notturno alla stazione Termini. 2019-01-26.