Giuseppe Montanari

The influence of Ubaldo Oppi and Felice Casorati led him to simplify his volumes and endow them with greater solidity in the 1920s.

His participation in the Venice Biennale began by invitation in 1924 with the 14th Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia.

His subject matter was drawn from regional folklore in this period and his painting of fishermen (Pescatori) was bought by the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, in 1930.

The classical and monumental character of the large compositions contrasts with the naturalism of the sketches and family portraits.

He came under the influence of the Milanese Chiarismo movement in the second half of the 1930s and made frequent stays in the Marche and Liguria regions after World War II.