Umberto Lilloni
Illustration — Tramonto sul mare o Paesaggio di Lavagna, 1934 (Fondazione Cariplo) Umberto Lilloni (1 March 1898–15 June 1980) was an Milan-born Italian painter whose work has featured in the Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art. His work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from US$1 to $21,770, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is $21,770 for La dogana a Venezia (1939), sold at Sotheby's Milan in 2005.
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Umberto Lilloni
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- Born
- 1898 · Milan.
- Died
- 1980 · Milan.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- landscape
- Movements
- Expressionism · Chiarismo
- Education
- Brera Academy
- Teachers
- Cesare Tallone
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · Quinquennale di Lecco
- Languages
- Italian
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Lilloni died in Milan 1980.
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Umberto Lilloni lived from 1 March 1898 to 15 June 1980 and was a watercolourist, draughtsman and landscape painter. Umberto Lilloni died on 15 June 1980 in Milan, Italy.
Umberto Lilloni studied at Brera Academy. Training under Cesare Tallone is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Milan. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts of Parma. Work by Umberto Lilloni is recorded in the collections of Civic Art Gallery of Lecco. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and Quinquennale di Lecco.
Lilloni interrupted his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1917 when World War I broke out. Alternating landscape with figure painting in the 1920s, he received his first official recognition with the Prince Umberto Prize in 1927. His participation in the Venice Biennale began in 1928 with the 16th Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia. Involvement with the Novecento Italiano movement led to participation in their second group show in Milan in 1929. The influence of Chiarismo can also be seen in the gradual lightening of his palette. His first solo exhibition was held at the Galleria Bardi, Milan, in the same year. While the 1930s saw increased participation in exhibitions, including the Rome Quadrenniale and the Brera exhibitions at the national level, the art world showed less interest in his painting after World War II.
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Umberto Lilloni was born on 1 March 1898; the birthplace is Milan, Italy, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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- 1.Sara Fontana. Fuga in Egitto. Umberto Lilloni.
- 2.Sepolture Milano
- 3.Gazzetta Ufficiale.
- 4.Francesco Brigoni, Medole attraverso i tempi, Medole, 1978.
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