Cesare Bertolotti

Cesare Bertolotti (Brescia, September 19, 1854 - Brescia, June 25, 1932) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes.

Biography

He first studied in Brescia under R. Venturi and Achille Glisenti. He gained various stipends from the city from a legacy by Brozzoni, and went to Florence (1876-1878), where he frequented the studio of Giuseppe Ciaranfi, In 1879, he moved to Milan, where he studied at the Brera with Bertini. In 1880-81, he traveled to Rome where he worked with Maccari, and finally in 1882, spent time with Franz Seraph Lenbach in Munich.

He then returned to Brescia, where he helped found a society of artists called Arte in Famiglia (dissolved in 1930). He displayed works at various exhibitions, including in Venice in 1887: Chiese a Gavardo; Cadeva il sole; Gavardo su quel di Brescia; Coglitore d' olive; and FIirtation.^[1] In 1911, he exhibited at the Permanente Exhibit of Milan, the painting: Gli spasimi delle piante (The Throes of Plants). In 1915, he won the Prince Umberto with the painting: Nella solenne tranquillità dei monti (In the solemn tranquility of mountains).

In 1889 he married Teresa Lancellotti, and his son Giuseppe, a captain of mountain artillery, was wounded on Monte Badenecche in November 1917 and died as a prisoner in Innsbruck in December. His letters from the front were published (1923, Florence) with a preface by Giannino Antona-Traversi.^[2]

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