Cesare Maggi
Roma, 1881 - Torino, 1961
Thanks to his commercial collaboration with Alberto Grubicy until 1913, Maggi quickly established himself as one of the leading representatives of Second Divisionism in Italy with a repertoire of easy-to-understand mountain landscapes, mostly investigated in the visual perception aspects of light refraction and color.
Cesare Maggi was born in Rome in 1881. Coming from a family of actors, he was initiated into classical studies by his father and while still very young began attending the studios of the Leghorn painter Vittorio Corcos and, later, Gaetano Esposito in Naples.
Maggi made his debut at the annual Exhibition of the Society of Fine Arts in Florence in 1898.
After a brief refresher trip to Paris, the decisive turning point came for the artist: the posthumous exhibition of Giovanni Segantini, held at the Society of Fine Arts in Milan in 1899, definitively oriented Cesare Maggi's production toward landscape painting with a Divisionist imprint.
After a brief stay in the Engadine, the painter returned to Milan and finally settled in Turin.
Thanks to his commercial collaboration with Alberto Grubicy until 1913, Maggi quickly established himself as one of the leading representatives of Second Divisionism in Italy with a repertoire of easy-to-understand mountain landscapes, mostly investigated in the visual perception aspects of light refraction and color.
He participated in major Italian and European exhibitions, and in 1912 an entire room at the Venice International Art Exhibition was dedicated to him.
Following an interlude devoted to portraiture in the 1910s, the artist's mature production moved toward a greater simplification of subjects, mostly landscapes.
From 1936 he held the chair of Painting at the Accademia Albertina in Turin and in 1941 won the Cremona Prize. His works are in the Galleries of Modern Art in Turin and Rome.
Museums where his works are kept:
Galleries of Modern Art, Turin and Rome
Museo del Paesaggio, Verbania, Italy
Maggi made his debut at the annual Exhibition of the Society of Fine Arts in Florence in 1898.
After a brief refresher trip to Paris, the decisive turning point came for the artist: the posthumous exhibition of Giovanni Segantini, held at the Society of Fine Arts in Milan in 1899, definitively oriented Cesare Maggi's production toward landscape painting with a Divisionist imprint.
After a brief stay in the Engadine, the painter returned to Milan and finally settled in Turin.
Thanks to his commercial collaboration with Alberto Grubicy until 1913, Maggi quickly established himself as one of the leading representatives of Second Divisionism in Italy with a repertoire of easy-to-understand mountain landscapes, mostly investigated in the visual perception aspects of light refraction and color.
He participated in major Italian and European exhibitions, and in 1912 an entire room at the Venice International Art Exhibition was dedicated to him.
Following an interlude devoted to portraiture in the 1910s, the artist's mature production moved toward a greater simplification of subjects, mostly landscapes.
From 1936 he held the chair of Painting at the Accademia Albertina in Turin and in 1941 won the Cremona Prize. His works are in the Galleries of Modern Art in Turin and Rome.
Museums where his works are kept:
Galleries of Modern Art, Turin and Rome
Museo del Paesaggio, Verbania, Italy
