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'''Cipriano Efisio Oppo''' (2 July 1891 – 10 January 1962) was an Italian painter, stage designer, satirical illustrator, and critic. He was an influential and perceptive commentator and mentor in respect of the Italian art scene through the [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943) |challenges of the Mussolini years]]. He was born in [[Rome]], the city in which he also lived, worked and died, though his |
'''Cipriano Efisio Oppo''' (2 July 1891 – 10 January 1962) was an Italian painter, stage designer, satirical illustrator, and critic. He was an influential and perceptive commentator and mentor in respect of the Italian art scene through the [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943) |challenges of the Mussolini years]]. He was born in [[Rome]], the city in which he also lived, worked and died, though his father's and mother's families had both come originally from [[Sardinia]].<ref name=CEOsecondoTreccani>{{cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cipriano-efisio-oppo_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/|title=Oppo, Cipriano Efisio |work=Enciclopedia Italiana |year=1935 |publisher=[[Treccani]], Roma |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=CEIsecondoScuaolaRomana>{{cite web |url=https://www.scuolaromana.it/artisti/oppo.htm |work=Archivio di scuola Romana |author1=Francesca F.R. Morelli |author2=Valerio Rivosecchi |title=Cipriano Efisio Oppo: Roma 1890 - Roma 1962 - organizzatore culturale, critico d'arte, pittore, scenografo |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=DEIsecondoEC>{{cite web |url=https://www.ereticamente.net/2018/05/cipriano-efisio-oppo-1890-1962-lintelligenza-di-promuovere-larte-italiana-a-cura-di-emanuele-casalena.html |title=Cipriano Efisio Oppo (1890-1962). L’intelligenza di promuovere l’arte italiana |author=Emanuele Casalena |work=Sostieni la battaglia del LiberoPensiero |publisher= "EreticaMente" |accessdate=18 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=CEIsecindoNovecento>{{cite web |title=Cipriano Efisio Oppo, Roma 1892 – 1961 |work=Archivi del Novecento, Roma |url=https://archividelnovecento.com/cipriano-efisio-oppo/ |accessdate=18 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=RomeLetterMW>{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1503960.pdf |page=77, 74-77 |title=Rome Letter From Exoticism to Abstraction Through the 1930s |author1=Mario Quesada |author2=Shara Wasserman |work=The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts |year=1987 |volume=4 |publisher=Florida International University Board of Trustees on behalf of The Wolfsonian-FIU & JSTOR |accessdate=18 May 2022}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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The father of Cipriano Efisio Oppo was Andrea Eugenio Oppo, who worked for the postal service. His mother, born Ottavia Sutto, ran the house when he was small, but he was only four when she died.<ref name=DEIsecondoEC/> |
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Andrea Eugenio e Ottavia Sutto, entrambi d’ origine sarda, papà impiegato alle Poste, la mamma casalinga lo lascerà orfano a soli quattro anni. |
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===Early life=== |
===Early life=== |
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Cipriano Efisio Oppo (2 July 1891 – 10 January 1962) was an Italian painter, stage designer, satirical illustrator, and critic. He was an influential and perceptive commentator and mentor in respect of the Italian art scene through the challenges of the Mussolini years. He was born in Rome, the city in which he also lived, worked and died, though his father's and mother's families had both come originally from Sardinia.[1][2][3][4][5]
Life
The father of Cipriano Efisio Oppo was Andrea Eugenio Oppo, who worked for the postal service. His mother, born Ottavia Sutto, ran the house when he was small, but he was only four when she died.[3]
Andrea Eugenio e Ottavia Sutto, entrambi d’ origine sarda, papà impiegato alle Poste, la mamma casalinga lo lascerà orfano a soli quattro anni.
Early life
Trained at the Istituto di belle arti in Rome, he began his career as a caricaturist for L’Idea Nazionale. From 1910 he devoted himself to painting, tending towards the fauves, in particular Henri Matisse. In 1914 he contributed to the exhibition given by the Roman Secession. He then aligned himself with the national tradition.
Cultural organizer
From the First World War onwards he tirelessly dedicated himself to organising Italian cultural and artistic life. As well as being a highly regarded art critic writing for Rome's La Tribuna, his commitment led him to becoming an ambassador for art in public institutions. He became a deputy to Parliament and, in 1932, artistic director of the Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution. He was then appointed secretary of the Direttorio Nazionale dei Sindacati delle Arti Plastiche (National Directorate of Unions of the Plastic Arts) and secretary of the Consiglio Superiore delle Belle Arti (Superior Council of Fine Arts). However, in this field, his most successful work was setting up the Quadriennale di Roma, born from one of his ideas and guided by him as its secretary-general over its first four shows from 1931 to 1943.
During the 1930s and 1940s, he believed he should abstain from exhibiting in Italy, precisely because of his political-administrative activity in the artistic field, not that this stopped his participating in several shows abroad, such as L'art italien des XIX et XX siècles (19th and 20th Century Italian Art) at the Jeu de Paume in Paris in 1935 and at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Post-War
Deemed free to return to the Quadriennale as an artist, in its 5th (1948) and 6th (1951) shows.
From 1949 to 1950, he was affiliated to the important collezione Verzocchi, as well as painting a self-portrait La fiorista. The Verzocchi collection is now held at the Pinacoteca Civica of Forlì.
Among his works are:
- Portrait of a lady (Roma, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna)
- Eugenia in grey (Turin, Galleria d'arte moderna)
- The florist (Forlì, Pinacoteca Civica)
References
- ^ "Oppo, Cipriano Efisio". Enciclopedia Italiana. Treccani, Roma. 1935. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Francesca F.R. Morelli; Valerio Rivosecchi. "Cipriano Efisio Oppo: Roma 1890 - Roma 1962 - organizzatore culturale, critico d'arte, pittore, scenografo". Archivio di scuola Romana. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ a b Emanuele Casalena. "Cipriano Efisio Oppo (1890-1962). L'intelligenza di promuovere l'arte italiana". Sostieni la battaglia del LiberoPensiero. "EreticaMente". Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Cipriano Efisio Oppo, Roma 1892 – 1961". Archivi del Novecento, Roma. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Mario Quesada; Shara Wasserman (1987). "Rome Letter From Exoticism to Abstraction Through the 1930s" (PDF). The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts. Florida International University Board of Trustees on behalf of The Wolfsonian-FIU & JSTOR. p. 77, 74-77. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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