Antonello Trombadori
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Antonello Trombadori was an Italian
art critic
and journalist
.
Born in Rome
into a family of artists (his father Francesco Trombadori was a painter) Trombadori lived a happy life in the Villa Strohl-Fern studio-home of his city, coming into contact with numerous intellectuals of the era. An intimate friend of Renato Guttuso
and Corrado Cagli
, he collaborated with them in his youth on a series of important magazines, including La Ruota, Primato, Città, Corrente and Cinema.
Between the years of 1937 and 1940 he participated in a secret propaganda effort to convince Italian youth to abandon fascism
. He was caught in 1941 and brought in front of the Special Tribunal, where he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment. Due to his family’s celebrity, Benito Mussolini
offered him absolution in return for a public apology and admission of tort. Trombadori refused and was consequentially jailed.
On July, 1943 he escaped from prison and in collaboration with Giorgio Amendola
, he attempted to defend Rome from the Nazis and was subsequently arrested by the Germans
on February, 1944. He managed to escape in August of the same year.
Soon after the Liberation of Rome he organized an exhibition titled “L’arte contro la barbarie [Art against barbarism]”. In 1945 he presented Renato Guttuso
’s album of drawings, Gott mit uns
and in the same year helped Roberto Rossellini
and Carlo Lizzani in filming the masterpiece Roma, cittá aperta (Rome, open city
).
Trombadori was an influential member of the Italian Communist Party
(PCI), becoming a member of its Central Committee. In 1967 he was envoyee to Vietnam
for the party's journal, L'Unità
. He collaborated also with Rinascita. Trombadori was elected four times in the Italian Chamber of Deputies
for PCI, but in 1993 he declared himself "No more a Communist" and a voter of the Italian Socialist Party
.
Amongst his most important critical contributions were his introductions to the retrospective publications Donghi (Antonio Donghi
) and Scipione (Gino Bonichi; both of 1985); Scuola romana
(1986) and Roma appena ieri (Rome Just Yesterday) (1987). He also served as editor of the catalogue of artworks
at Palazzo Montecitorio
, the seat of the Chamber of Deputies.
Italy
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art critic
Art critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
and journalist
Journalist
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.
Born in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
into a family of artists (his father Francesco Trombadori was a painter) Trombadori lived a happy life in the Villa Strohl-Fern studio-home of his city, coming into contact with numerous intellectuals of the era. An intimate friend of Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso was an Italian painter.His best-known paintings include Flight from Etna , Crucifixion and La Vucciria . Guttuso also designed for the theatre and did illustrations for books...
and Corrado Cagli
Corrado Cagli
Corrado Cagli was an Italian painter of Jewish heritage, who lived in the USA during World War II.Cagli was born in Ancona, but in 1915 moved with his family to Rome....
, he collaborated with them in his youth on a series of important magazines, including La Ruota, Primato, Città, Corrente and Cinema.
Between the years of 1937 and 1940 he participated in a secret propaganda effort to convince Italian youth to abandon fascism
Italian Fascism
Italian Fascism also known as Fascism with a capital "F" refers to the original fascist ideology in Italy. This ideology is associated with the National Fascist Party which under Benito Mussolini ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 until 1943, the Republican Fascist Party which ruled the Italian...
. He was caught in 1941 and brought in front of the Special Tribunal, where he was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment. Due to his family’s celebrity, Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
offered him absolution in return for a public apology and admission of tort. Trombadori refused and was consequentially jailed.
On July, 1943 he escaped from prison and in collaboration with Giorgio Amendola
Giorgio Amendola
Giorgio Amendola was an Italian writer and politician.Born in Rome in 1907, he was the son of Lithuanian intellectual Eva Kuhn and Giovanni Amendola, a liberal anti-fascist who died in 1926 in Cannes after having been attacked by killers hired by Benito Mussolini...
, he attempted to defend Rome from the Nazis and was subsequently arrested by the Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
on February, 1944. He managed to escape in August of the same year.
Soon after the Liberation of Rome he organized an exhibition titled “L’arte contro la barbarie [Art against barbarism]”. In 1945 he presented Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso was an Italian painter.His best-known paintings include Flight from Etna , Crucifixion and La Vucciria . Guttuso also designed for the theatre and did illustrations for books...
’s album of drawings, Gott mit uns
Gott Mit Uns
Gott mit uns is a phrase commonly associated with the German military from the German Empire to the end of the Third Reich, although its historical origins are far older, ultimately tracing back to the Hebrew term Immanuel from the Bible...
and in the same year helped Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
and Carlo Lizzani in filming the masterpiece Roma, cittá aperta (Rome, open city
Rome, open city
Rome, Open City is a 1945 Italian war drama film, directed by Roberto Rossellini. The picture features Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani and Marcello Pagliero, and is set in Rome during the Nazi occupation in 1944...
).
Trombadori was an influential member of the Italian Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
(PCI), becoming a member of its Central Committee. In 1967 he was envoyee to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
for the party's journal, L'Unità
L'Unità
l'Unità is an Italian left-wing newspaper, originally founded as official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party.-History:L'Unità was founded by Antonio Gramsci on 12 February 1924, as the newspaper of workers and peasants, the official newspaper of Italian Communist Party : it was printed in...
. He collaborated also with Rinascita. Trombadori was elected four times in the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
for PCI, but in 1993 he declared himself "No more a Communist" and a voter of the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
.
Amongst his most important critical contributions were his introductions to the retrospective publications Donghi (Antonio Donghi
Antonio Donghi
Antonio Donghi was an Italian painter of scenes of popular life, landscapes, and still life.-Biography:Born in Rome, he studied at the Instituto di Belle Arti...
) and Scipione (Gino Bonichi; both of 1985); Scuola romana
Scuola Romana
Scuola romana or Scuola di via Cavour was a 20th century art movement defined by a group of painters within Expressionism and active in Rome between 1928 and 1945, and with a second phase in the mid-1950s.-Birth of the Movement:...
(1986) and Roma appena ieri (Rome Just Yesterday) (1987). He also served as editor of the catalogue of artworks
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
at Palazzo Montecitorio
Palazzo Montecitorio
The Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.- History :The building was originally designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for the young Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, nephew of Pope Gregory XV...
, the seat of the Chamber of Deputies.