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Giovanni Battista Crema
Giovanni Battista Crema (Ferrara, 1883 – Rome, 1964) was an Italian painter. Biography Crema was born in Ferrara in 1883. In 1889 he moved to Naples to study under Michele Cammarano and Domenico Morelli at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. He then moved to Bologna to finish his studies. From 1903 to 1964 he lived in Rome. He mainly painted social subjects with symbolist style. He was influenced by Gaetano Previati. His work is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Italy, the Ascoli Piceno Museum at Palazzo dell'Arengo, Ascoli Piceno, Marche, and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona in Tortona, Italy. References 1883 births 1964 deaths Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni 19th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Bologna Painters from Ferrara Divisionist painters 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the Renaissance, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance, it has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. History Antiquity and Middle Ages The first documented settlements in the area of the present-day Province of Ferrara date from the 6th century BC. The ruins of the Etruscan town of Spina, established along the lagoons at the ancient mouth of Po river, were lost until modern times, when drainage schemes in the Valli di Comacchio marshes in 1922 first officially revealed a necropolis with over 4,000 tombs, evidence of a population centre that in Antiquity must have played a majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
