Artist: Giorgio Morandi (1890 - 1964)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Futurism
Media: Painting, Etching
Influences:

Biography:
Giorgio Morandi was born in Bologna and lived there his entire life. In his early career, he painted landscapes but later focused primarily on still life. He had brief stints with Futurism and Metaphysical Painting, but on the whole, stayed away from modern art movements. Rather, his still life paintings contain symbolic and literary references and are executed in a small tonal range. He was inspired by the art of Cezanne. His reputation heightened after World War II and he was influential on many younger Italian artists.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Giorgio Morandi Paesaggio. Grizzana. Etching 1931
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Giorgio Morandi Still Life graphite on off-white wove paper 1953
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Giorgio Morandi Gruppo di Zinnie (Group of Zinnias) Etching 1931
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Giorgio Morandi Natura Morte con la Tazzina Bianca a Sinistra (Still Life with the White Cup at the Left) Etching 1930
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Giorgio Morandi Still Life with Bread Basket (small plate) Etching on light brown paper 1921
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Giorgio Morandi - Still Life 1959 oil on canvas Des Moines Art Center Italian
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Giorgio Morandi - Still Life c. 1955 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Giorgio Morandi - Still Life c. 1955 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Giorgio Morandi - Still Life c. 1950 pencil Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Giorgio Morandi - Still Life 1942 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Giorgio Morandi - Grande Natura Morta con la Caffettiera (Large Still Life with Coffee Pot) 1933 etching on paper Des Moines Art Center Italian
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Pietro Aquila The Death of the Virgin, after G.M. Morandi Engraving 17th century
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Nicolas Le Sueur The Annunciation Etching 17th - 18th century
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Giorgio Vasari Sheet of Drawings, after Giorgio Vasari Etching in brown ink 16th century
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James McNeill Whistler - The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore c. 1880 chalk and pastel on Corcoran Gallery of Art American
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Gaspar ab Avibus (Osella) Venus and the Rose, after the engraving by Giorgio Ghisi after Luca Penni Engraving 1564
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Giorgio de Chirico Piazza d'Italia oil on burlap canvas 1915
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Joseph Mallord William Turner - Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore 1834 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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The Nativity Francesco di Giorgio (Francesco Maurizio di Giorgio di Martino Pollaiuolo) (Italian, Sienese, 1439-1501)Tempera
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Giorgio de Chirico Gli Archeologi IV (The Archaeologists IV), from the series Metamorphosis Color lithograph 1929
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Canaletto - Capriccio: The Rialto Bridge and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore c. 1750 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Italian
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Joseph Mallord William Turner - View of Venice: The Ducal Palace, Dogana, and Part of San Giorgio 1841 oil on canvas Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College English
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Giorgio de Chirico Il Ritorno del Figliuol Prodigo I (The Return of the Prodigal Son I), from the series Metamorphosis Color lithograph 1929
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Gaspar ab Avibus (Osella) Allegory of the Hunt, after the engraving by Giorgio Ghisi from a design by Luca Penni Engraving 1563
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Artist: Giorgio Ghisi Title: Allegory of Life, or The Dream of Raphael, or Melancholy of
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Giovanni Battista Mercati A St. Giorgio doux pagatano j Soldati Romani (At S. Giorgio, Where They Paid the Roman Soldiers), pl. 30 from the series Alcune vedute et prospettive di luoghi dishabitati di Roma (Some Views and Perspectives of the Uninhabited P
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Giorgio Ghisi Venus and Vulcan Seated on a Bed engraving ca. 1555
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Robert Hinshelwood San Giorgio, Venice Engraving 19th century
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Giorgio Ghisi Apollo and the Muse engraving circa 1557
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Dress, spring/summer 1971 Designed by Giorgio di Sant"Angelo (American, born Italy, 1933 - 1989)American; Made
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Giorgio Ghisi Three Muses and a Putto with Cymbals, after Primaticcio Engraving 1560 - 1570
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Giorgio Ghisi Venus and Adonis, after Teodoro Ghisi Engraving circa 1570
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Giorgio Ghisi Venus and the Rose, after Luca Penni Engraving 1556
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Giorgio Ghisi The Calumny of Apelles, after Luca Penni Engraving 1560
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Giorgio Ghisi Hercules, Bacchus, Pan and Another God, after Primaticcio Engraving 1560 - 1570
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Giorgio Ghisi Angelica and Medoro, after Teodoro Ghisi Engraving circa 1570
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Giorgio Ghisi The Prison, after Giulio Romano Engraving 16th century
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Giorgio Ghisi Thetis, after Perino del Vaga Engraving 16th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Prison Engraving 16th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, after Primaticcio Engraving 1550 - 1560
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Goddess of Chaste Love, fragment of a cassone panel, 1468-75 Francesco di Giorgio (Francesco Maurizio
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Giorgio Ghisi Venus and Adonis, after Teodoro Ghisi Engraving circa 1570
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Giorgio Ghisi The Vision of Ezekiel, after Giovanni Battista Bertani Engraving 1554
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Giorgio Ghisi Caius Marius in Prison, after Polidoro da Caravaggio Engraving 1560 - 1570
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Giorgio Ghisi Thetis Seated with a Triton, after Perino del Vaga Engraving 16th century
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Carl Thiemann San Giorgio, Venice color woodcut 20th century
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Giorgio Ghisi Venus and Vulcan at the Forge, after Perino del Vaga Engraving 1550 - 1560
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Giorgio Ghisi Venus and Vulcan at the Forge, after Perino del Vaga Engraving 1550 - 1560
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Giorgio Ghisi The Death of Procris, after a drawing by Giulio Romano Engraving circa 1540
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Giorgio Ghisi Allegory of the Hunt, after a design by Luca Penni Engraving 1556
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Giorgio Ghisi The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, after the painting by Giulio Campi in S. Paolo, Milan. Engraving 1578
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Giorgio Sommer Fountain, Italy albumen print circa 1870
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Giorgio Ghisi The Mocking of the Prisoners, after Giulio Romano Engraving circa 1540
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Giorgio Ghisi Portrait of Michelangelo, after a copy by Marcello Venusti of a painting by Jacopino del Conte Engraving circa 1564
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Joseph Nash Church of San Giorgio dei Greci Lithograph 1843
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The Man of Sorrows with Two Angels, lunette, ca. 1470 Workshop of Francesco di Giorgio
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Giorgio Sommer Untitled [View of Rome] albumen print circa 1880
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Giorgio Ghisi The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, after a painting by Correggio in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples Engraving circa 1575
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Giorgio Ghisi The Persian Sibyl, from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 19th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Delphic Sibyl, from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 19th century
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Giorgio Ghisi Cupid and Psyche, after the fresco by Giulio Romano in the Sala di Psyche, Palazzo del Te, Mantua Engraving 1573 - 1574
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Giorgio Ghisi The Eritrean Sibyl, title page from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 1570 - 1580
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Giorgio Ghisi Allegory of Birth , after Giulio Romano's design for the fresco decoration of the Loggia della Grotta in the Palazzo Te, Mantua Engraving 1558
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Giorgio Ghisi The Persian Sibyl, from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 17th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Prophet Joel, from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 17th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Prophet Jeremiah, from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 17th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Delphic Sibyl, from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 17th century
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George Percival Gaskell Venice: Riva degli Schiavoni and S. Giorgio Maggiore aquatint 19th - 20th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Prophet Ezekiel, from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving early 17th century
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Giorgio Sommer Soldiers' Quarters, Pompeii Albumen print 19th century
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Giorgio Ghisi The Eritrean Sibyl, title page from a series of six prints after Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling Engraving 17th century
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Duo 1914-1915 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Auguste Boulard (Fils) San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (After Francesco Guardi) etching 19th - 20th century
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Giorgio Sommer 1206 Tempio di Mercurio, Pompei Albumen print 19th century
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Giovanni Battista de Cavalieri The Nativity, reverse copy of the engraving by Giorgio Ghisi (B. 3, L. 14)after the painting by Agnolo Bronzino now in the SzÈpm¸vÈszeti Museum, Budapest (no. 161) engraving 1565
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Joseph Pennell San Giorgio, Venice Etching 1883
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Edward Lear San Giorgio, plate 12 opposite page 156 in the book Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria ([London]: Richard Bentley, 1852) lithograph 1852
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Giorgio Vasari Figure Composition Pen and brown ink , brown and red washes on laid paper mounted to heavier sheet 16th century
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Giorgio Sommer Costumi Napolitane (Customary Neapolitan Behavior), from an unidentified album Napoli (Naples) albumen print circa 1860 - 1870
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The Story of Paris
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Enigma of a Day 1914 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - Andromache 1916 oil on panel The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Seer 1914-1915 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Francesco di Giorgio Martini - Fidelity c. 1485 Fresco transferred t Norton Simon Museum Italian
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Giorgio Vasari - Head of an old man 16th century chalk on paper Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum Italian
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Studies of a Male Nude, Drapery, and a Hand
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The Doge"s Palace Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore, 1908 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas;
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Francesco di Giorgio Martini - Saint Sebastian c. 1475-1485 bronze National Gallery of Art Italian
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Francesco di Giorgio Martini - The Judgement of Paris c. 1475-1485 bronze National Gallery of Art Italian
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Giorgio Vasari - Six Tuscan Poets 1544 oil on panel Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Giorgio Ghisi - Allegory of Life 1561 engraving UCLA Hammer Museum Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Scholar's Playthings 1917 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Giovanni Giorgio Lasacaris - Madonna with Child 1531 marble Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Anxious Journey 1913 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Song of Love 1914 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Sailors' Barracks 1914 oil on canvas Norton Museum of Art Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Philosopher's Conquest 1914 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - Metaphysical Interior 1917 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Giorgio de Chirico - The Serenity of the Scholar 1914 oil and charcoal on The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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FranÁois Spierre Portrait of Pope Alexander VII Engraving 17th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (9)
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Fundacao Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva: Giorgio Morandi: Paintings and works on paper from 1914 to 1963
The engravings, watercolours and drawings all belong to the Morandi Museum Collection; the oils from the Museo Morandi, Uffizi and Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (Col Giovnardi), G...
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art: Giorgio Morandi: The Collectors Eye
Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) is one of Italy's best-known 20th century artists. He was born in Bologna and lived there throughout his life, except for a number of short stays ...
Consulate of the Republic of Hungary: LASZLO TAR: MY SWEET HOME CLOSE ME INTO YOUR HEART
This exhibit will feature over 50 select pieces of original work created between 1940 and 2000. The event is sponsored by the Hungarian American Cultural Association. ...
Pan American Art Gallery: Works by Raul Diaz, Catherine Maize and Juan Salazar
Recently deceased Mexican artist Juan Salazar unites geometric forms with metaphysical concepts through his multicolored small scale paintings. Acclaimed Argentine artist Raul Diaz creates mystical settings of figurative wonder in textured and pai...
Fundacao Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva: Carlos Scliar: Painting from 1948 to 1983
Carlos Scliar was born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, in 1921. He gave the first individual show of his paintings in 1940 in São Paulo. His participation in the war from 1944 as a member of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy (where h...
AIGA National Design Center Gallery: Milton Glaser: Art is Work
One of the most influential and unusual figures in the history of graphic design, Glaser has been producing memorable images...
Sprengel Musuem: How you look at it: 20th-century Photography
The exhibition How you look at it. 20th-century Photography offers a chance to take stock. It starts by showing how photography has greatly increased in popularity in recent years, mainly obvious by its growing presence in museums w...
Haus der Kunst: Masterpieces from Fra Angelico to Bonnard The Collection Dr. Gustav Rau
After the exhibition in Paris and Cologne, this priceless collection is now to be seen in its noticeably enlarged form in Haus der Kunst. A selection of 100 paintings demonstrates in an exemplary manner the development of European painting from th...
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea: Awaiting a Call: Curated by Miguel Fernández-Cid
The way in which Morandi paints the void between the objects in order to represent them as light presences, both physical and mental, almost immaterial, is not far from William de Koonings or Bruce Naumans thoughts when they concede that in ord...

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