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About Angelo Morbelli

Italian · 1853–1919

Italian[3] Divisionist (1853[3]–1919[3]) who applied colour with scientific precision, best known for his paintings of rice-field labourers and Milan's elderly poor.

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Angelo Morbelli's works are held in 6 museums worldwide, including Gallerie d'Italia – Milano, Galleria d'arte moderna di Milano, and Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

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🇦🇷 Argentina

1 museum

🇫🇷 France

1 museum

🇮🇹 Italy

3 museums

🇪🇸 Spain

1 museum

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who was Angelo Morbelli?
    Angelo Morbelli was an Italian[3] artist who meticulously documented his technical and intellectual pursuits in a diary titled Via Crucis del Divisionismo. This diary, written between 1912[3] and 1919[3], reveals his dedication to Divisionism, his technical obsessions, and his engagement with scholarly debates.
  • What is Angelo Morbelli known for?
    Angelo Morbelli is known as one of the leading theorists of the Divisionist movement in art. He gained recognition for his technical skill and socially conscious subject matter, particularly his depictions of the agricultural crisis in Italy and the Pio Luogo Trivulzio, a Milanese old people's home.
  • What was Angelo Morbelli's art style?
    Angelo Morbelli's art style was Divisionism, characterised by the application of colour in fine, parallel strokes using a hard, three-pointed brush. He adopted this technique before 1888[3], influenced by his own experiments and contact with Vittore Grubicy, and maintained it throughout his career, even as other Divisionists explored Symbolism.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Angelo Morbelli's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Gallerie d'Italia – Milano Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] museum Galleria d'arte moderna di Milano Used for: museum holdings.
  3. [3] wikipedia Wikipedia: Angelo Morbelli Used for: biography.
  4. [4] book guggenheim-metph00cela Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  5. [5] book Martina Caruso, Italian Humanist Photography From Fascism to the Cold War Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  6. [6] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.
  7. [7] book Post-impressionism : cross-currents in European painting Used for: biography.

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