Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Latina
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The Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Latina or The Modern and Contemporary Civic Gallery in Latina is an Italian Pinacotheca (Paintings Museum).
It was instituted in 1937 as Littoria Pinacoteca (Antic Latina’s name) and its original centre was realised thanks to works donated by various artists participating at the XX Venice Biennale and at the II Roman Quadriennale.
During the war, and after the September 8th armistice in 1943, most of the collection was lost. In December 1994, with those few paintings left together with those recovered by Carabinieri Force, the Gallery reopened to the public at the Palace of Culture in Latina
In 1996 began the acquisition process that expanded the initial chronological boundary, connecting the existing collection to contemporary art, and enriching the collection of several hundred paintings.
In 1999 a specific contemporary art
section was created, which includes paintings created after 1955.
It was instituted in 1937 as Littoria Pinacoteca (Antic Latina’s name) and its original centre was realised thanks to works donated by various artists participating at the XX Venice Biennale and at the II Roman Quadriennale.
During the war, and after the September 8th armistice in 1943, most of the collection was lost. In December 1994, with those few paintings left together with those recovered by Carabinieri Force, the Gallery reopened to the public at the Palace of Culture in Latina
In 1996 began the acquisition process that expanded the initial chronological boundary, connecting the existing collection to contemporary art, and enriching the collection of several hundred paintings.
In 1999 a specific contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
section was created, which includes paintings created after 1955.
Collection
Some artists exhibited in the permanent collection:- Achille Vertunni ,
- Plinio NomelliniPlinio NomelliniPlinio Nomellini was an Italian painter.-Biography:Nomellini left his hometown of Livorno and enrolled in 1885 at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied under Giovanni Fattori and formed friendships with Telemaco Signorini and Silvestro Lega as well as Giuseppe Pellizza some time later...
, - Corrado CagliCorrado CagliCorrado 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....
, - Arturo TosiArturo TosiArturo Tosi was an Italian painter.-Biography:Tosi moved to Milan in 1882 and attended the school of nude studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts from 1890 to 1891...
, - Domenico Cantatore,
- Salvatore FiumeSalvatore FiumeSalvatore Fiume was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, writer and stage designer. His works are kept in some of the most important museums in the world, among which the Vatican Museums, the Hermitage of Saint Petersburg, the Museum of Modern Art of New York, the Pushkin Museum of Moscow and...
, - Aligi SassuAligi SassuAligi Sassu was an Italian painter and sculptor.-Biography:Aligi Sassu was born in Milan, Lombardy, into a Sardinian-origin family. His father Antonio was one of the founders of the Italian Socialist Party at Sassari in 1894, and had moved to Milan in 1896, where he had married Lina Pedretti in...
, - Gregorio Sciltian,
- Ernesto Treccani,
- Ugo AttardiUgo AttardiUgo Attardi was an Italian painter, sculptor and writer. His statue of Ulysses lies in Battery Park-Source:...
, - Guido MarzulliGuido Marzulli-Biography:Guido Marzulli was born in Bari, July 8, 1943.His father and his mother were also worthy painters....
; - Marino MariniMarino MariniMarino Marini was an Italian sculptor. -Biography:He attended the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence in 1917. Although he never abandoned painting, Marini devoted himself primarily to sculpture from about 1922. From this time his work was influenced by Etruscan art and the sculpture of Arturo...
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