''Supreme Meeting'' () was a painting by
Giacomo Grosso
Giacomo Grosso (23 May 1860 in Cambiano - 14 January 1938 in Turin) was an Italian painter.
Biography
After spending his childhood at Glaveno seminary, Giacomo Grosso enrolled at the Accademia Albertina in Turin in 1873, thanks to a scholarship ...
known for its controversial showing at the first
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), ...
in 1895. The painting depicted several nude women lounging near an open casket. Between its subject matter and color palette, religious leaders attempted to have the work removed. It was instead put in its own room, where it drew crowds and ultimately received the exhibition's best in show prize by popular vote. Upon the Biennale's end, the work was lost in a fire en route to the United States.
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External links
Entry in the Biennale archives
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1890s paintings
Italian paintings
Venice Biennale exhibitions
Lost paintings