Giovanni Bianconi
Giovanni Bianconi (22 March 1891, Minusio, Switzerland – 7 March 1981, Minusio) was a Swiss-Italian poet, artist and ethnographer. The son of Alessandro and Margherita Rusconi, he was the elder brother of the writer Piero Bianconi. He trained at San Gallo and the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.
Giovanni Bianconi
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- Name
- Giovanni Bianconi
- Born
- 22 March 1891
- Birthplace
- Minusio, Switzerland
- Died
- 7 March 1981
- Occupation
- Poet, artist, ethnographer
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Fields
- Italian literature · xylography · painting
- Education
- State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
- Languages
- Italian · Ticinese
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Giovanni Bianconi, an artist, writer and ethnologist, was born on 22 March 1891 and died on 7 March 1981.
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Giovanni Bianconi was born in Minusio, Switzerland, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Giovanni Bianconi died in Minusio, Switzerland, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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• Name — Giovanni Bianconi • Born — 22 March 1891 • Birthplace — Minusio, Switzerland • Died — 7 March 1981 • Place of death — Minusio, Switzerland • Occupation — Poet, artist, ethnographer • Relatives — Piero Bianconi (brother)
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• Piano di Magadino, 1911–1951, woodcut on tissue paper • Terra ticinese, 1920, woodcut on card • Barche a riva, 1920–1980, woodcut on card • Casupole a Minusio, 1920–1980, woodcut on card • Lago Maggiore, 1920–1980, woodcut on card • Nevicata, 1920–1980, woodcut on card • Portrait of Giuseppe Zoppi aged 30, 1926, woodcut on card • Discussione (Neutralità), 1930–1940, woodcut on card • Vecchia Locarno, 1955, woodcut on card • Cerimonia funebre, undated, oil on panel • Solduno, 1946, woodcut on card
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• Val Verzasca, 1966 • Ticino rurale, 1971 • Legni e versi, 1978 • Costruzioni contadine ticinesi, 1982
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- 1.DSS I10160 Giovanni Bianconi
- 2.Simone Soldini. Giovanni Bianconi. SIKART Dizionario sull'arte in Svizzera. 2004.
- 3.cita Dizionario delle letterature svizzere p. 31 .
- 4.Giovanni Bianconi. SIKART Dizionario sull'arte in Svizzera.
- 5.Giovanni Bianconi. Viceversaletteratura.ch.
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