Francesco Filippini

Francesco Filippini (18 September 1853 – 6 March 1895) was an Italian painter from Lombardy. Filippini is considered one of the most important landscape painters of the 1900s.

 Life 

Filippini was born in Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy, on 18 September 1853, into a poor family. His father Lorenzo was a carpenter, his mother Silvia Signoria a seamstress. He was soon sent to work, first as a waiter in a pastry shop, later as a clerk to a notary.

Filippini attended the school of drawing at the Pinacoteca Tosio in Brescia, In 1872 he received a grant from the city council to continue his studies there. In 1875 he received an allowance to study under Giuseppe Bertini in Milan. In 1879 another grant allowed him to travel to Paris to visit the Salon, the official art exhibition of the French Fine Arts Academy.

Filippini exhibited at the annual shows of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan from 1879, and from 1880 lived in that city. He made his living by teaching, both in schools and privately. He was made an honorary member of the Accademia di Brera in 1878.

Filippini died in Milan on 6 March 1895, at the age of just forty-two, from a severe form of pneumonia caused by his practice of en plein air painting, which he pursued tirelessly even in winter, to the point of exhaustion and exposure to the cold.

 Works 

When he was young, Filipinni painted mostly religious or historical subjects, as well as some portraits. In later life he painted mostly landscapes – of the Apennines, the Lombardy countryside and the Alps. He also made paintings of the sea near  Genova, Naples and Venice. His work shows the influence of the Scapigliatura.

+PaintingYearDetailsImageAt the foot of the glacierc. 1875-1895It is landscape painted in oil. The work portrays a refuge behind a glacier in the Italian mountains.framelessAutumn1875It is 83 x 142 centimetres painted in oil. It was painted about 1875, in Milano, Italy. Is in the collection of the Museum Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia.framelessBoats in Venice1890A 19th-century late impressionist painted 80 x 139 centimetres in oil. It was painted about 1890, in Venice, Italy.framelessThe Corn Harvesters1887-1889A 19th-century late impressionist painted in oil. It was painted about 1887, in Milano, Italy. It is in the collection of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan.framelessEvening in November1891Painted 178 x 103 centimetres in oil. It was painted about 1891, in Milano, Italy.  It is in the collection of the GAM-Gallery of Modern Art of Milan (inv. n. 195).framelessGrandmother and children1887It was painted 37 x 60.5 centimetres in oil on 1887 at Milano, Italy. Is in the collection of the Civic Museums of Art and History of Brescia (inv. n. 1254, 302123487).framelessHead of a Woman1876Oil painting  painted about 1876, in Milano, Italy. Is in the collection of the Modern art gallery of Novara (inv. n. GG 555).framelessImminent thunderstormc. 1890Painted in oil. It is in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art of Milan (inv. n. 7146).framelessImpending storm1890Painted in oil. It is in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art of Milan (inv. n. 268).framelessIn the mountain1890Painted in oil. It is in the collection of the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna .Marinac. 1882Painted in oil. It is in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art of Milan since 1931 (inv. n. 4544).The market1881Painted in oil. It is in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art of Milan (inv. n. 4725).November morning in Ligurno1885Painted in oil. It is in the collection of Brera Academy and subsequently bought by the Galleria d'arte moderna di Milano (inv. n. 265).Nude Study1876It was painted in Brescia, Italy. Is in the collection of the Civic Museums of Brescia (inv. n. 988).framelessPortrait of the mother1877It is in the collection of the Civic Museums of Brescia (inv. n. 608).framelessReading1881It was painted 60 x 68 centimetres in oil.framelessScirocco in Venice Lagoon1882It was painted 75.5 x 45 centimetres in oil. It is in the collection of the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna.framelessScutching of the canapa1887It is exhibited at the Pinacoteca di Brera. The Scutching of the canapa di Filippini won the art prize Premio Mylius in 1889.framelessSeascape1882It is in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art of Milan since 1931 (inv. n. 4543).Self-portrait as a young man1873It is in the collection of the Civic Museums of Brescia (inv. n. 1526). Made when the artist was twenty, while attending the drawing school in Brescia, it is one of the three self-portraits made by Filippini.framelessShepherdess at rest1887It is in the collection of the Gallery of Modern Art of Milan (inv. n. 193), from which it was bought in 1933.Sunset1891It is in the collection of the Civic Museums of Brescia (inv. n. 734).framelessSunset in Valtrompia1883It was painted about 1883, in Valtrompia, Italy. It is in the collection of the Civic Museums of BresciaframelessThe plainc. 1892It is in the collection of the Province of Milano, which bought it on 22 January 1893, previously owned by the Museo della Permanente in Milan from 1892 to 1893. It is an oil painting that is 190 x 110 centimetres.framelessThe Trip hammer1889It was made around 1889, in Milano, Italy, exhibited in the collection of Pinacoteca di Brera (Reg. Cron. 6297).frameless

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

References

 Further reading 
Editorial staff (4 November 2015). "Francesco Filippini, il dossier. Uno splendido pittore morto a 42 anni di tisi". StileArte 
 Vasco Frati (1999). Francesco Filippini: 1853-1895: un protagonista del naturalismo lombardo (exhibition catalogue, in Italian). Milan:Skira. . 

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Category:19th-century Italian painters
Category:People from Brescia