Oreste Carpi
Oreste Carpi (3 November 1921 – 11 March 2008) was an Italian painter, engraver and ceramist. He was deaf.
Biography[edit]
Oreste Carpi was born in Poviglio, near Reggio Emilia, and received early training in painting at "Paolo Toschi" art school in Parma.[1]
In 1944 he enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna, where he studied engraving under the supervision of Giorgio Morandi. After the end of World War II he attended the fine arts academy of Brera in Milan, where he studied under Aldo Carpi and Carlo Carrà.[citation needed]
He graduated in 1950. In these years he became attracted to the practice of painting landscapes en plein air.[1] In the San Terenzo area, Carpi produced hundreds of paintings and drawings.[2]
During his life he displayed his works in many towns in Italy and abroad: Milan, Rome, Venezia, Paris, and Moscow, and won many national prizes for his artworks and his career.[1]
In 1985 the town council of Parma organized an retrospective exhibition of his works where more than 150 of his paintings were displayed.[citation needed]
Main Exhibitions[edit]
- 1952 : Lerici, Castle, Emilian Painters
- 1959 : Rome, VIII Quadriennale
- 1963 : Bologna, Galleria Il Voltone
- 1966 : Rome, Galleria Camino
- 1967 : Moscow, House of Sovietic artists
- 1968 : Milan, Palazzo della Permanente
- 1971 : Paris, Maison de l’UNESCO
- 1974 : Verona, Galleria San Luca
- 1981 : Madrid, Casas de Artes
- 1985 : Parma, Anthologic, Monastero della SS. Annunziata
- 2003 : Parma, Sede centrale Cassa di risparmio di Parma
Works[edit]
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June fields in Emilia
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Village on Taro River
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Rome 1959, il vittoriano
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Palace of Colorno, 1966
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port of La Spezia, 1967
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view of Levanto, 1962
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Si è spento a 86 anni il pittore Carpi". Gazzetta di Reggio. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2019. Unknown parameter
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References[edit]
- Oreste Carpi, Magalini editore, Brescia 1974
- Enciclopedia aggiornata IDAF dell'arte moderna, 1978
- Archivio Storico degli artisti IEDA
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