Luigi Bartolini

Luigi Bartolini ( born February 8, 1892 in Cupra Montana, † May 16, 1963 in Rome ) was an Italian artist and writer.

Bartolini worked as a painter, writer and poet. Best known is his novella The Bicycle Thief. The book was made ​​into a film by the Italian director Vittorio De Sica with the same title. Throughout his career Luigi Bartolini has published over 70 books and numerous cultural and critical essays. The main part of his pictorial works form etchings.

Bartolini grew up near Ascona in 1907 and moved to Rome, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts and the Academia di Spagna. In 1909, he earned a diploma in Florence as an art teacher ud -depth knowledge of sene Jacques Callot, Giovanni Fattori and especially Rembrandt. 1914 created his first oil paintings; In 1928 he participated for the first time at the Venice Biennale and was awarded a tendered by the Tribune Prize for Poetry. 1929 his artwork is exhibited in Milan; In 1932 he was awarded a first prize at the exhibition Mostra dell'incisione Italiana. In 1933 he was exiled for political reasons after Montefresco in the province of Avellino and, after a few months to Meran, where he worked as a teacher until 1938. In 1935, he received the first prize for etching at the Quadrennial in Rome; 1942 will be given to him at the Biennale a separate room, where he received a first prize for his etchings again. In 1943 he published the novel Vita di Anna Strickler, who refers to his Merano stay. His 1946 published novel Ladri di biciclette inspired Zavattini and De Sica into the eponymous film.

  • Bicycle Thieves. translated by Hellmut Ludwig, Fischer- TB, ISBN 978-3-596-25306-7

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  • Italian Artist
  • Author
  • Born in 1892
  • Died in 1963
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