Vivaldo Martini
| Vivaldo Martini | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1908 Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Died |
1990 Geneva |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Education |
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy Haute École d'art et de design, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Known for | portraiture |
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume by Vivaldo Martini at the Musée de la lutherie et de l'archèterie française
Vivaldo Martini, born in 1908 in Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino and died in 1990 in Geneva, was a Swiss painter and professor of painting.
Early life and education
Vivaldo Martini studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna and the Haute École d'art et de design in Geneva.[1]
He has exhibited mainly in Italy,[2] Switzerland, Germany and Israel.
On 1968, Vivaldo Martini was members of the Geneva artists mission at the United States with Henry Meylan to promove Geneva Arts.[3] At this occasion, Vivaldo Martini gave a portrait of Robert Kennedy to Ambassador Roger Tubby[4]
Vivaldo Martini created a workshop that trains artists like Vanya Ferrara,[5] Jean-Pierre Colinge or Genevieve Paris.[6]
Notable works
- The series of four paintings portraits of Anna Eynard-Lullin, Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Adelaide Sara Pictet Rochemont and Charles Pictet de Rochemont portraits from the 19th and 18th century.[7]
- Portrait of Vosges luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume exhibited at the Musée de la lutherie et de l'archèterie française at Mirecourt.
- The picture Phaedra and Ariadne griffin at Knossos palace[8]
- A picture named Geneva, Avenir street is in the Centre d'iconographie genevoise at Geneva.[9]
- An oil portrait of Senator Robert F. Kennedy gifted to ambassador Roger Tubby.[10]
References
- ↑ Biography of Vivaldo Martini at Galerie Selano
- ↑ Biography of Vivaldo Martini at Galerie Selano
- ↑ Department of State news letter, number 93 at 104 on page 37
- ↑ Foreign Service Journal, Volume 45 1968 page 27
- ↑ Vanya Ferrara at Bellini-art.com
- ↑ Genevieve Paris at Les Peintres des Amitiés Francophones de la Marina Alta
- ↑ Vivaldo Martini at Moinat SA
- ↑ Phèdre et Ariane au griffon au palais de Cnossos from delcalmps.net
- ↑ Vivaldo Martini at Centre d'iconographie genevoise from Bibliothèque de Genève
- ↑ Foreign Service Journal, Volume 45 1968 page 27
Further reading
- [s.n.] (1993). Hommage au peintre Vivaldo Martini (1908–1990): Galerie Selano, Genève, 3 mars-8 avril 1993 (in French). Geneva: Selano Gallery.