Fattori. Capolavori e aperture sul ’900

The exhibition “Factors. Masterpieces and openings on the 20th century. “, which opens to the public from October 14 to continue until March 20, 2022, is organized and promoted by GAM Torino – Fondazione Torino Musei and 24 ORE Cultura – Gruppo 24 ORE in collaboration with the Matteucci Institute and the Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum in Livorno.

The exhibition, which presents more than 60 masterpieces by the Leghorn artist, including large-format canvases, precious tablets and a selection of etchings, is divided into nine sections and covers a broad chronological span from 1854 to 1894, from the Macchiaioli experimentation and capital works of the 1960s and 1970s to the canvases of his mature years, which reveal his sharp and innovative gaze, capable of openings on the imminent 20th century.

The curators of the project, Virginia Bertone (Chief Conservator of GAM) and Silvestra Bietoletti (Art Historian, specialist in 19th-century Tuscan painting), assisted by the Scientific Committee composed of Cristina Acidini, Giuliano Matteucci and Fernando Mazzocca, have conceived an articulated exhibition project where the works of the master whose artistic career knew how to meet, already during the nineteenth century, also the taste of the people of Turin, as evidenced by Fattori’s presence at the exhibitions held in the city – both at the annual events of the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti di Torino and at the Esposizioni Nazionali – from the spring of 1863 until 1902.

Concluding the itinerary are a number of emblematic works by Fattori’s pupils and artists influenced by the suggestion of his painting-Plinio Nomellini, Oscar Ghiglia, Amedeo Modigliani, Lorenzo Viani, Carlo Carrà, Giorgio Morandi-which testify to the lesson that the Leghorn master was able to stimulate in 20th-century Italian painting.

Enriching the exhibition is an evocative video that recounts the places, human events and artistic relationships that accompanied the master’s life through Fattori’s own words, gleaned from letters and period documents. A journey within a journey, it aims to bring the visitor closer to the Leghorn artist whose character was shy yet so charismatic as to influence future generations of artists.