(March 24, 2017) From Boldini to Fragiacomo, from Zandomeneghi to Santoro: these are some of the artists featured in the exhibition “Memories of Serenissima”, a glimpse of Venetian painting from the 30s of the 19th century up to the early decades of the 20th. After being exhibited in New York, at the Italian Institute of Culture in early March in conjunction with the important celebrations of Venice at Carnegie Hall, the exhibition arrives in Modena, until Saturday, April 8, at the study of Modena curator Marco Bertoli (via Carlo Farini 56), with free admission. A unique opportunity to admire the twenty works on display, all from private collections, selected by Bertoli – Christie’s consultant in New York and London – offering a panorama of the Venetian school of the “real” with landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, seascapes and views in which the artists have captured the colors and atmosphere of the Venetian city. This exhibition of 19th century Italian painting, after “The Macchiaioli” in October 2014 and “The light of Southern Italy”, is the third organized by Bertoli in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in New York: a series of initiatives to highlight the richness of Italian culture to the American public. Art consultant at the studio Marco Bertoli-Art Consulting of Modena, in 2009 Bertoli has opened a studio in New York, specializing in the art of the 19th and the early 20th century, but also in painting and contemporary Italian sculpture. “Memories of Serenissima” is a pictorial essay on a century of development – explains Bertoli – not always linear, with several works that allow us to offer a panorama, as faithful as possible, of the Venetian school in its evolution, also stimulated by the institution, in in 1895, the first International Art Biennale in Venice, which still reminds us of the artistic and cultural importance of this city. ” (Red)
