Ernesto Serra

Ernesto Serra

Ernesto Serra

Ernesto Serra[1]
Born Ernesto Serra
24 March 1860
Varallo Sesia, Piemonte Region, Italy
Died 17 May 1915
Turin, Piemonte Region, Italy
Nationality  Italy
Education Andrea Gastaldi
Known for Genre, portrait and landscape painting
Notable work Elda, Lo Scialle Rosso, Venditrice d'aranci, Gentiluomo A Cavallo, La Maddalena nel Deserto
Awards Gold medal Accademia Albertina, silver medal Esposizione d'Arte Sacra, Turin, 1898

Ernesto Serra (1860 - 1915) was an Italian genre, landscape and portrait painter from Varallo Sesia, Province of Vercelli in the Piemonte Region.

Biography

Ernesto Serra was born on 24 March 1860 in Varallo Sesia.[2][3] He studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin under Professor Andrea Gastaldi (1826-1889) and won a gold medal for portrait painting.[1] He specialized in genre, landscape and portrait painting.[4]

At the Italian Exposition in Turin in 1884 he exhibited a portrait of a lady called Elda, which was highly appreciated by the public and of which he subsequently produced about fifteen versions. The Elda was acquired by the committee of the Exposition to serve as prize for the exposition lottery.[1] In 1886 he exhibited Così? at the Primaverile Fiorentina (Florentine Spring) exposition organised by the Società delle belle Arti di Firenze in Florence. This was followed by exposition of the paintings Lilia, Civetteria and Trastulli materni at the 1887 Esposizione Nazionale Artistica di Venezia (National Artistic Exposition of Venice).[4] From 1888 until 1895 he was sponsored by the Negozianti d'Arte di Colà and lived in Paris[1] for two years[5] where he exhibited Maura pienserosa and Visione at the Exposition Universelle (1889).[6]

After his return to Italy, he had his studio at Corso Valentino 2 in Turin.[1][7] In 1897 Serra exhibited paintings at the Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale) and in 1898 exposed three paintings (Compagni di giuochi, Venditrice d'aranci and Una mossa difficile) at the Esposizione Generale Italiana,[7] and two religious paintings (Il Sonno del Bambino Gesù and Maddalena nel Deserto) at the Esposizione d'Arte Sacra Antica e Moderna[8][9] (Exposition of Sacred Art) in Turin, for which he was awarded a silver medal.[1] The committee responsible for the Valsesian show at the exposition published a magazine to represent the works of Valsesian artists at the exposition, which also featured works of Ernesto Serra.[10] In 1901 he exposed Falciatore (the haymaker) at the International Art Exposition of Munich, which was very well received and re-exposed in 1904 at the Internazionale in Rome and in 1913 at the Esposizione della Promotrice di Belle Arti in Turin.[5] In 1902 he participated in the Esposizione Quadriennale di Belle Arte in Turin with Fiori d'aprile.[2][6] Many of Serra's paintings were acquired by state and municipal galleries, but he was also supporterd by king Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and by Princess Isabella of Bavaria, the Duchess of Genoa.[5] Later in his life he focused on landscape painting of the mountains near Turin.

Ernesto Serra died in Turin on 17 May 1915[5] and sketches, drawings and paintings in his studio were auctioned off by Galleria Bollardi in Turin in 1917.[5]

List of paintings

Art gallery

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ernesto Marini (Ed.), 1901. Augusta Taurinorum; Torino Illustrata nelle sue Cose e nei suoi Cittadini: i viventi pittore. Genoa. p. 218-219. In Italian.
  2. 1 2 3 4 E. Benezit, 1976. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Volume 9, p. 534. Librairie Gründ. Paris, France. ISBN 9782700001495. In French.
  3. ↑ http://www.comanducci.it/en/ A. M. Comanducci, 1970. Dizionario illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiano Moderni e Contemporanei, Milano.
  4. 1 2 Angelo de Gubernatis and Ugo Matini, 1889. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., Tipi dei Successori Le Monnier. p. 470. In Italian.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galleria Bollardi, 1917. Vendita al pubblico incanto dello studio di Ernesto Serra e della raccolta di un'illustra famiglia Lombarda. Anno IV, Catalogo 5. Milano, 48 p.
  6. 1 2 Istituto Matteucci short biography.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Roux Frassati e Co., 1898. Esposizione Generale Italiana: Catalogo Illustrato delle belle Arti. Torino. 246 p.
  8. 1 2 3 Roux Frassati e Co., 1898. Catalogo di arte sacra: antica, moderna, applicata. Torino, 223 p.
  9. ↑ Roux Frassati e Co., 1898. Arte sacra: rassegna illustrata dell'Esposizione d'Arte Sacra indetta a Torino. 308 p.
  10. ↑ Rassegna Populare Illustrata. Esposizione Generale Italiana e d'Arte Sacra. Weekly magazine, issue 29 March 1898, No. 13.
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