Francesco Gioli
San Frediano a Settimo, Pisa, 1846 - Firenze, 1922
He finds his way in observation and in the passionate study of nature.
His paintings, rich in pictorial resources, reproduce landscapes, figures, portraits, marine, treated by him with equal passion and skill.
His paintings, rich in pictorial resources, reproduce landscapes, figures, portraits, marine, treated by him with equal passion and skill.
His artistic training initially took place at the Academy of Pisa as a student of Annibale Mariani, later attending the Florentine Academy with Antonio Ciseri and Enrico Pollastrini.
Attracted by the movement of Macchiaioli leaves the academic method to follow this new trend, but without being overwhelmed by excess.
His first paintings deal mainly with the themes of history painting; in fact, he made his debut in 1869 in Pistoia with the painting Carlo Emanuele di Savoia driving out the Spanish ambassador who was awarded.
After this first success, aware of the need to continue the renewal without betraying his own nature, and after a period of indecision and transition, he finds his way in observation and in the passionate study of nature.
His paintings, rich in pictorial resources, reproduce landscapes, figures, portraits, marine, treated by him with equal passion and skill.
He works mainly for himself, never for trade and little for exhibitions.
After forty years of study and work, he felt the need for a definitive judgment of his art, and in 1914 he exhibited fifty-three works at the Venice International which were praised by the public and critics.
His painting Angelus Domini was awarded in Parma in 1870 and with the painting Ai campi in giugno he obtained a silver medal in London in 1955 and is now part of the Nistri Collection.
The work Volterra, is purchased by the City of Florence; The woolen wool, is purchased by the king and donated to the Modern Art Gallery of Venice.
His masterpiece is Passa il viatico, which was awarded at the Paris International Exhibition in 1878.
Museums:
Venice, Modern Art Gallery
Rome, Modern Art Gallery
Florence, Palazzo Pitti
Piacenza, Ricci Oddi Gallery
Bibliography:
A. M. Comanducci, Dizionario illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiani Moderni e Contemporanei, Milano, Luigi Patuzzi Editore, 1972; F. Cagianelli, Francesco Gioli, Il sentimento del vero, Nistri, Lischi Editori, 2001
Attracted by the movement of Macchiaioli leaves the academic method to follow this new trend, but without being overwhelmed by excess.
His first paintings deal mainly with the themes of history painting; in fact, he made his debut in 1869 in Pistoia with the painting Carlo Emanuele di Savoia driving out the Spanish ambassador who was awarded.
After this first success, aware of the need to continue the renewal without betraying his own nature, and after a period of indecision and transition, he finds his way in observation and in the passionate study of nature.
His paintings, rich in pictorial resources, reproduce landscapes, figures, portraits, marine, treated by him with equal passion and skill.
He works mainly for himself, never for trade and little for exhibitions.
After forty years of study and work, he felt the need for a definitive judgment of his art, and in 1914 he exhibited fifty-three works at the Venice International which were praised by the public and critics.
His painting Angelus Domini was awarded in Parma in 1870 and with the painting Ai campi in giugno he obtained a silver medal in London in 1955 and is now part of the Nistri Collection.
The work Volterra, is purchased by the City of Florence; The woolen wool, is purchased by the king and donated to the Modern Art Gallery of Venice.
His masterpiece is Passa il viatico, which was awarded at the Paris International Exhibition in 1878.
Museums:
Venice, Modern Art Gallery
Rome, Modern Art Gallery
Florence, Palazzo Pitti
Piacenza, Ricci Oddi Gallery
Bibliography:
A. M. Comanducci, Dizionario illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiani Moderni e Contemporanei, Milano, Luigi Patuzzi Editore, 1972; F. Cagianelli, Francesco Gioli, Il sentimento del vero, Nistri, Lischi Editori, 2001
