Oreste Carpi was an Italian deaf painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

, engraver and ceramist.

Biography

Oreste Carpi was born in Poviglio, near 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....

, and received early training in painting at "Paolo Toschi

Paolo Toschi

Paolo Toschi was an Italian draughtsman and engraver. He was born in Parma.He trained in Paris under Charles Clément Balvay , and first made a reputation by a fine etching of Henry IV, after Gérard...

" art school in Parma

Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....

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In 1944 he enrolled at fine arts academy 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,...

 where he studied engraving under the supervision of Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety in depicting apparently simple subjects, which were limited mainly to vases, bottles, bowls, flowers, and landscapes.-Biography:Giorgio Morandi was born in Bologna...

. After the end of World War II

World War II

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 he attended the fine arts academy of Brera

Brera Academy

The Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, also known as Brera Academy is a public academic institution located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1776 by HIM Maria Theresa of Austria.- Overview :...

 in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

, where he studied under Aldo Carpi

Aldo Carpi

Aldo Carpi was an Italian artist, painter and writer, author of a collection of memoirs concerning his imprisonment in the infamous Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.-Biography:...

 and Carlo Carrà

Carlo Carrà

Carlo Carrà was an Italian painter, a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number of books concerning art. He taught for many years in the city of Milan.-Biography:Carrà was born in...

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He graduated in 1950. In these years he became attracted to the practice of painting landscapes en plein air.
He is considered one of the last post-impressionist painters of the 20th century in Italy.

During his life he displayed his works in many towns in Italy and abroad: Parma, Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

, Milano, Bologna, 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...

, Brescia

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

, Venezia, Moscow

Moscow

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, Paris

Paris

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, Madrid

Madrid

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 and won many national prizes for his artworks and his career.

In 1985 the town council of Parma organized an anthologic exhibition of his works where more than 150 paintings have been displayed.

Main Exhibitions

• 1952 : Lerici, Castle, Emilian Painters
• 1959 : Rome, VIII Quadriennale
• 1963 : Bologna, Galleria Il Voltone
• 1966 : Rome, Galleria Camino
• 1967 : Moscow, House of Sovietic artists
• 1968 : Milan, Palazzo della Permanente
• 1971 : Paris, Maison de l’UNESCO
• 1974 : Verona, Galleria San Luca
• 1981 : Madrid, Casas de Artes
• 1985 : Parma, Anthologic, Monastero della SS. Annunziata
• 2003 : Parma, Sede centrale Cassa di risparmio di Parma

External links

• http://www.orestecarpi.it