Gaetano Chierici
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Gaetano Chierici was an Italian painter.
School of Fine Arts in 1850 and 1851, Chierici continued his studies at the academies of Modena
and Florence
before completing his training in Bologna
under the guidance of Giulio Cesare Ferrari. His early work was initially influenced by the Purism of his uncle, the artist Alfonso Chierici, and Adeodato Malatesta but subsequently by the innovations of the Macchiaioli painters. It was in the late 1860s that he took up anecdotal genre painting with domestic interiors, which came to be his field of specialisation. While the artist’s participation in the Esposizione di Belle Arti di Brera of 1869 marked the beginning of his success with critics and collectors, his work subsequently declined into mechanical repetition of the same subjects. He was the director of the Workers’ School of Drawing in Reggio Emilia
from 1882 to 1907 and the city’s first Socialist mayor from 1900 to 1902.
Biography
Having attended the Reggio EmiliaReggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
School of Fine Arts in 1850 and 1851, Chierici continued his studies at the academies of Modena
Modena
Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
and Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
before completing his training in Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
under the guidance of Giulio Cesare Ferrari. His early work was initially influenced by the Purism of his uncle, the artist Alfonso Chierici, and Adeodato Malatesta but subsequently by the innovations of the Macchiaioli painters. It was in the late 1860s that he took up anecdotal genre painting with domestic interiors, which came to be his field of specialisation. While the artist’s participation in the Esposizione di Belle Arti di Brera of 1869 marked the beginning of his success with critics and collectors, his work subsequently declined into mechanical repetition of the same subjects. He was the director of the Workers’ School of Drawing in Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
from 1882 to 1907 and the city’s first Socialist mayor from 1900 to 1902.