Giuseppe "Beppe" Ciardi (1875–1932) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Born in

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, he was the son of the painter Guglielmo and the brother of Emma, who also became a notable artist. Beppe Ciardi studied under his father at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts from 1896. He graduated in 1899 and his participation in the Venice Biennale began the same year with the Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia, where his work continued to be exhibited in later years and was featured in a solo show in 1912. The author of landscapes characterised by a symbolic interpretation of nature that won the esteem of critics, he was awarded the Fumagalli Prize in

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(1900), a gold medal in

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(1901) and a silver medal in

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(1904). His work drew inspiration in later decades from everyday life in Venice and the countryside around Treviso. He died in the family villa at

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in 1932.

References

* Laura Casone
Beppe Ciardi
online catalogu
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