Gian Emilio Malerba
Italian painter (1880–1926)
Gian Emilio Malerba (1880–1926) was an Italian painter and illustrator, one of the founders of the Novecento Italiano in Milan. He initially created works in a Liberty or Art Nouveau style.
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Biography
Malerba was born in Milan and studied at the Brera Academy under Cesare Tallone and Giuseppe Mentessi. His first exhibit at the Academy was in 1906, works influenced by the Scapigliatura movement. In 1913, he was awarded the Canonica prize. In 1906 he created cover pages for "Lettura" and "Ars et Labor".[1]
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He became part of the circle of painters patronized by Margherita Sarfatti, known as the Novecento Italiano.
References
- ^ Donne nell'arte. Le Vrau et le Faux Chic nella Belle Epoque, exhibition, biography on illustrators.
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Novecento Italiano
- Giacomo Balla
- Anselmo Bucci
- Pompeo Borra
- Aldo Carpi
- Carlo Carrà
- Felice Casorati
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Raffaele De Grada
- Fortunato Depero
- Antonio Donghi
- Ercole Drei
- Leonardo Dudreville
- Guido Farina
- Achille Funi
- Virgilio Guidi
- Achille Lega
- Betto Lotti
- Gian Emilio Malerba
- Arrigo Renato Marzola
- Arturo Martini
- Guido Marussig
- Pietro Marussig
- Francesco Messina
- Giuseppe Migneco
- Giuseppe Montanari
- Giorgio Morandi
- Giovanni Muzio
- Roberto Narducci
- Ubaldo Oppi
- René Paresce
- Ugo Piatti
- Gio Ponti
- Gino Severini
- Mario Sironi
- Arturo Tosi
- Mario Tozzi
- Adolfo Wildt