Plinio Nomellini
(Livorno 1866-Firenze
1943).
L'autoritratto:
"un’assicurazione
contro la scomparsa definitiva, uno strappo al silenzio della morte".
Italian painter.
After studying in Livorno,
he received a local grant that enabled him to enrol at the Accademia
di Belle Arti in Florence, where he studied under Giovanni Fattori
and became friends with the painters Telemaco Signorini and
Silvestro Lega. He exhibited works both in Florence and, in 1889, at
the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Around 1890 he moved to Genoa,
where he was based until 1902. He developed a marked interest in
radical politics, in 1894 being charged with anarchism and
imprisoned for several months. Nomellini's house in Genoa became a
meeting place for artists and writers and his painting had an
important influence on turn-of-the-century Ligurian Divisionists. In
1902 Nomellini moved to Torre del Lago, remaining in the coastal
region of north-west Italy until 1919. He became a close friend of
the composer Giacomo Puccini; his reading of the works of Gabriele
D'Annunzio and his friendship, from 1903, with the poet Giovanni
Pascoli subsequently helped to steer his fervent political idealism
towards an increasingly nationalistic position. In 1919 Nomellini
finally settled in Florence, although he continued to make frequent
visits to Versilia, the coastline around Livorno and the island of
Elba, where he set up a studio.He died in Florence on 1943
Works:Paintings