biography
pronunciation:
[morandee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1890–1964)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Bologna, N Italy. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna, where he later taught (1930–56). Although influenced by the Italian Metaphysical painters (c.1918–19), he concentrated on landscapes, portraits, and above all still-life. His arrangements of everyday objects on a tabletop were painted in subdued tones, and with a simplicity of form reminiscent of Cézanne. He won the Grand Prix for Painting at the Venice Biennale in 1948, and other honours followed. |
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