Giorgio MorandiItalian, 1890–1964Still Life
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About the painting
Giorgio Morandi’s still lifes, typically produced in series, often feature a few closely positioned vases painted in subdued colors on small format canvases. Yet these humble vessels can seem monumental—as if, in the words of one 1950s critic, Morandi painted “cathedrals rather than bottles.” His signature buttery paint application imparts a rough-hewn quality to the work’s surface, while the muted, sun-baked color palette recalls the architecture of the artist’s native Bologna, Italy. The bottles’ symmetrical arrangement in particular imbues the work with a constructed linearity that demonstrates the quiet care with which Morandi composed this miniature world.
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
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- 2001.158
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Meanwhile, in the life of Giorgio Morandi
The whole life1930–1956
Chair of etching technique at the Bologna Academy
His successes in etching during the 1920s allow him to head the chair of engraving technique at the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts, which he holds until 1956.
1953
Grand Prize for a series of etchings at the São Paulo Biennial
He wins the Grand Prize for a series of etchings at the São Paulo Art Biennial.
16 July 1955 – 18 September 1955
Exhibition: documenta
1956
Solo exhibition in Winterthur
He travels to Winterthur for the opening of a solo exhibition and studies works by Chardin and Cézanne in the Oskar Reinhart Collection.
1956
His first trip to Paris
He visits Paris for the first time, a trip he had dreamed of since the early 1910s.
1957
Grand Prize for painting at the São Paulo Biennial
He wins the Grand Prize for painting at the São Paulo Biennial, four years after the Grand Prize for a series of etchings.
