Matteo Pietro Olivero (15 June 1879 - 28 April 1932) was an
Italian painter
Following is a list of Italian painters (in alphabetical order) who are notable for their art.
A
*Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509/12–1571)
* Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868)
*Angiolo Achini (1850–1930)
*Pietro Adami (c. 1730)
*Livio Agresti (1508 ...
, known for his technique of reproducing sunlight reflections without physically mixing colour pigments. For that matter he is considered a leading
painter of the Italian
divisionism, although he's still little-known outside the art collector's environment.
In 1896 Matteo Olivero attended the Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...
. During his life, he took part in several exhibitions across Europe and started a collaboration with "''Les Tendances Nouvelles''", a Parisian art journal.
After a visit to a
St. Moritz exhibition he became a close friend of the
painter Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (28 July 1868 – 14 June 1907) was an Italian divisionist painter. He was born and died in Volpedo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.
Pellizza was a pupil of Pio Sanquirico. He used a divisionist techniq ...
, with whom he started a written correspondence and, afterwards, a collaboration.
Fatherless since early childhood, he was very close to his mother Lucia Rosano. He considered her an inspiration for his paintings. His mother died on 27th March 1930 aged 86. The loss drove Olivero into a deep depression. Luigi Burgo, a local businessman and owner of a
paper mill, took Olivero under his custody, hosting him in his house and becoming his patron.
A relevant collection of his works is on display at the "Pinacoteca Matteo Olivero" in
Saluzzo
Saluzzo (; pms, Salusse ) is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, in the Piedmont region, Italy.
The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are fo ...
.
Death
On 28 April 1932, Olivero committed
suicide by throwing himself out of a window.
Gallery
File:Matteo Olivero, Solitudine, 1908.jpg,
File:Matteo Olivero Straße in Kairo.jpg,
References
External links
saluzzoturistica.it - Pinacoteca Matteo Olivero
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1879 births
1932 deaths
Italian painters
Divisionist painters
People from the Province of Cuneo
1932 suicides
Suicides by jumping in Italy