Matteo Pietro Olivero (15 June 1879 - 28 April 1932) was an

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, known for his technique of reproducing sunlight reflections without physically mixing colour pigments. For that matter he is considered a leading

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of the Italian

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, although he's still little-known outside the art collector's environment. In 1896 Matteo Olivero attended the Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti in

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. 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

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exhibition he became a close friend of the

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, 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

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, 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

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Death

On 28 April 1932, Olivero committed

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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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olivero, Matteo 1879 births 1932 deaths Italian painters Divisionist painters People from the Province of Cuneo 1932 suicides Suicides by jumping in Italy