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.