Ernesto Quarti Marchio'
Bergamo, 1907 - 1982
The strong aptitudes for drawing led the family to enroll him, very young, at the Art School "Andrea Fantoni" allowing him, at the age of only twelve, to attend the courses of Professor Ponziano Loverini at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo until 1922. From 1923 he worked in the studio of the decorator Giovanni Fasciotti and later in that of the fresco artist Umberto Marigliani. His first public experience was in 1925, at the V Triennale della Carrara in Bergamo.
In 1926 he made a trip to Ischia where he made many impressions of the Neapolitan environment, which constitute the main nucleus of the first personal exhibition; on his return he exhibited these works at the gallery of Piazza Dante in Bergamo (Permanente), achieving the first great success of sales and criticism. In March 1927, after the success obtained the previous year, he presented himself in the same gallery with a solo exhibition of about forty works.
Also in 1927 he made his first trip to Africa, together with his friend Romualdo Locatelli, with whom he ventured to Gabès in Tunisia and Libya, thus increasing his experiences and bringing back to his homeland numerous drawings and sketches that form the nucleus of inspiration of the many works of an Orientalist character; after this experience, in the thirties he returns to Africa numerous times, Also frequent, are the Parisian stays to start from 1928. In 1929 he met the well-known artist Jules Pascin of whom he would always have an excellent memory and deep esteem.
He again exhibited at the Galleria Permanente in Bergamo with two solo exhibitions: in April 1929 and in November 1930, together with the sculptor Costante Coter. In 1931 he exhibited in Varese, with Romualdo Locatelli, in a solo exhibition at the Prevosti Gallery.
In 1934 his solo exhibition at the Jandolo Gallery in Rome was very successful, extended and was visited by King Vittorio Emanuele III who congratulated him.
He opened for a short time a studio in Via Margutta in Rome and worked for the gallerist Jandolo; after the Roman stop he travelled a lot, stopped in Venice, and visited the regions of North Africa for a long time.
In December 1937 he was at the Vitelli Gallery in Genoa with a solo exhibition of 46 oils and 18 drawings. In 1938 he participated with two works in the IX Sindacale Bergamasca, and in the Milanese one.
He had numerous experiences in the following years: II Mostra d'Arte Coloniale, Naples, 1934; III Quadriennale di Roma, 1939; X Sindacale a Milano; Premio San Remo, 1939; Premio Livorno, 1939; he received the medal for the portrait at the XXII Venice Biennale, 1940; XI Sindacale di Bergamo, 1941; III Mostra del Sindacato Nazionale a Milano, 1941; XXIII Biennale di Venezia where he was awarded with the purchase of the painting Caporale in licenza, destined to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, 1942; I Premio Verona, 1942; Premio Bergamo, 1939-42.
In 1945 he was appointed by the National Liberation Committee to form the C.L.N. of the group painters and sculptors of the Municipality of Bergamo and was appointed "delegate of the arts". Actively participates in the promotion and organization of the Bergamo Prize and numerous artistic events in Bergamo.
Stefano Cairola inserts it in the important volume "Italian art of our time".
From 1946 to 1949 he was part of the examination jury of the students of the Painting School of the Accademia Carrara.
In the early fifties his interest is addressed to the circus environment, then to the land of Spain; in Milan he opened a studio in via Manin; he is very active for the rebirth of the Circolo Artistico Bergamasco and in 1953 he was elected vice-president; in 1956 participates in the IX Premio Suzzara and is awarded.
The Sixties were characterized by his collaboration with the Galleria della Torre in Bergamo, where he set up numerous exhibitions dedicated to Bergamo’s disappeared artists. In the same gallery he participated in two group exhibitions "of six Bergamo painters", in 1964 and 1967. In 1966 he exhibited and is on the organizing committee of the "Resistance Exhibition" in Milan.
In the seventies he assiduously frequented the Lorenzelli Gallery; Bruno Lorenzelli, with whom there has already been an excellent relationship of friendship, in 1974 organized a solo exhibition in a Parisian gallery.
Then in 1977 he began the collaboration with the gallery owner Bertulezzi who inaugurated the "Galleria d'Arte Bergamo" with a group of Orientalist works; followed, in this gallery, his personal exhibitions in 1979 and 1981. In October of '80 at "La Garitta", the gallery of the Circolo Artistico Bergamasco, is set up a personal pastel works and drawings.
After his death, his wife organized a commemorative exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Bergamo; in October 1990 a vast anthological exhibition of his work was held at the Permanente in Milan, with the publication of the first monograph dedicated to him.
Museums:
Rome, Galleria d'arte moderna;
Bergamo, Museo del Conventino
Bibliography:
Enciclopedia Universale Seda della Pittura Moderna, Milano, Seda, 1969; A. M. Comanducci, Dizionario illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiani Moderni e Contemporanei, Milano, Luigi Patuzzi Editore, 1972; Ernesto Quarti Marchiò, 1907-1982, a cura di F. Rea, Bergamo, Grafica e Arte, 1990; Maestri e Artisti, 200 anni della Accademia Carrara, a cura di F. Rossi, Milano, Skira Editore, 1996; La pittura di Ernesto Quarti Marchiò, 1907-1982, Tesi di Laurea di P. S. Ubiali, Relatore: Prof. A. Negri, A. A. 1999/2000.
In 1926 he made a trip to Ischia where he made many impressions of the Neapolitan environment, which constitute the main nucleus of the first personal exhibition; on his return he exhibited these works at the gallery of Piazza Dante in Bergamo (Permanente), achieving the first great success of sales and criticism. In March 1927, after the success obtained the previous year, he presented himself in the same gallery with a solo exhibition of about forty works.
Also in 1927 he made his first trip to Africa, together with his friend Romualdo Locatelli, with whom he ventured to Gabès in Tunisia and Libya, thus increasing his experiences and bringing back to his homeland numerous drawings and sketches that form the nucleus of inspiration of the many works of an Orientalist character; after this experience, in the thirties he returns to Africa numerous times, Also frequent, are the Parisian stays to start from 1928. In 1929 he met the well-known artist Jules Pascin of whom he would always have an excellent memory and deep esteem.
He again exhibited at the Galleria Permanente in Bergamo with two solo exhibitions: in April 1929 and in November 1930, together with the sculptor Costante Coter. In 1931 he exhibited in Varese, with Romualdo Locatelli, in a solo exhibition at the Prevosti Gallery.
In 1934 his solo exhibition at the Jandolo Gallery in Rome was very successful, extended and was visited by King Vittorio Emanuele III who congratulated him.
He opened for a short time a studio in Via Margutta in Rome and worked for the gallerist Jandolo; after the Roman stop he travelled a lot, stopped in Venice, and visited the regions of North Africa for a long time.
In December 1937 he was at the Vitelli Gallery in Genoa with a solo exhibition of 46 oils and 18 drawings. In 1938 he participated with two works in the IX Sindacale Bergamasca, and in the Milanese one.
He had numerous experiences in the following years: II Mostra d'Arte Coloniale, Naples, 1934; III Quadriennale di Roma, 1939; X Sindacale a Milano; Premio San Remo, 1939; Premio Livorno, 1939; he received the medal for the portrait at the XXII Venice Biennale, 1940; XI Sindacale di Bergamo, 1941; III Mostra del Sindacato Nazionale a Milano, 1941; XXIII Biennale di Venezia where he was awarded with the purchase of the painting Caporale in licenza, destined to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, 1942; I Premio Verona, 1942; Premio Bergamo, 1939-42.
In 1945 he was appointed by the National Liberation Committee to form the C.L.N. of the group painters and sculptors of the Municipality of Bergamo and was appointed "delegate of the arts". Actively participates in the promotion and organization of the Bergamo Prize and numerous artistic events in Bergamo.
Stefano Cairola inserts it in the important volume "Italian art of our time".
From 1946 to 1949 he was part of the examination jury of the students of the Painting School of the Accademia Carrara.
In the early fifties his interest is addressed to the circus environment, then to the land of Spain; in Milan he opened a studio in via Manin; he is very active for the rebirth of the Circolo Artistico Bergamasco and in 1953 he was elected vice-president; in 1956 participates in the IX Premio Suzzara and is awarded.
The Sixties were characterized by his collaboration with the Galleria della Torre in Bergamo, where he set up numerous exhibitions dedicated to Bergamo’s disappeared artists. In the same gallery he participated in two group exhibitions "of six Bergamo painters", in 1964 and 1967. In 1966 he exhibited and is on the organizing committee of the "Resistance Exhibition" in Milan.
In the seventies he assiduously frequented the Lorenzelli Gallery; Bruno Lorenzelli, with whom there has already been an excellent relationship of friendship, in 1974 organized a solo exhibition in a Parisian gallery.
Then in 1977 he began the collaboration with the gallery owner Bertulezzi who inaugurated the "Galleria d'Arte Bergamo" with a group of Orientalist works; followed, in this gallery, his personal exhibitions in 1979 and 1981. In October of '80 at "La Garitta", the gallery of the Circolo Artistico Bergamasco, is set up a personal pastel works and drawings.
After his death, his wife organized a commemorative exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Bergamo; in October 1990 a vast anthological exhibition of his work was held at the Permanente in Milan, with the publication of the first monograph dedicated to him.
Museums:
Rome, Galleria d'arte moderna;
Bergamo, Museo del Conventino
Bibliography:
Enciclopedia Universale Seda della Pittura Moderna, Milano, Seda, 1969; A. M. Comanducci, Dizionario illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiani Moderni e Contemporanei, Milano, Luigi Patuzzi Editore, 1972; Ernesto Quarti Marchiò, 1907-1982, a cura di F. Rea, Bergamo, Grafica e Arte, 1990; Maestri e Artisti, 200 anni della Accademia Carrara, a cura di F. Rossi, Milano, Skira Editore, 1996; La pittura di Ernesto Quarti Marchiò, 1907-1982, Tesi di Laurea di P. S. Ubiali, Relatore: Prof. A. Negri, A. A. 1999/2000.
