Edita Broglio Biography
Edita Broglio (1866 - 1977) was born in Smiltene, Latvia in 1866. Coming from a noble family, after the death of her mother, she moved to her paternal uncle, Baron Raimund von Zur-Muehlen, known for his famous performances at the court of the Tsar and the Prussian Emperor. Edita, fascinated by her uncle's talent, approaches art, study and drawing. In 1905 the Russian revolutionary uprisings forced her to move, together with her father, to Koninsberg, where she enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in 1908 and concluded her academic career in 1910; in the same year he moved to Paris and began frequenting numerous ateliers, realizing his desire to live in one of Europe's artistic capitals. The following year, in 1911, he arrived in Italy for the first time, staying briefly in Florence and Rome, deciding to settle in Rome in 1912; in 1913 the first International Secession Art Exhibition was held in Rome at the Palazzo dell'Esposizioni.
In 1917 he met the writer and organizer of art exhibitions Enrico Maria Broglio, with whom he shared readings and artistic criticism. In his paintings he began to sign himself Edita Broglio; to edit, together with her future husband, the famous art magazine founded in 1921 "Valori Plastici" which shared the proposals of Metaphysics and the European avant-garde movements. Edita Broglio with the Valori Plastici group exhibited in 1922 at the Fiorentina Spring, inaugurated by Alberto Savinio. His painting is influenced by various international influences, from the culture of the Russian avant-garde to the Blaue Reiter, to primitivism, up to approaching the current of "Magical Realism".
After the death of her husband Enrico, Edita moved to San Michele di Moriano in the province of Lucca, where she spent a period of meditation, but of fervent productivity. In 1959 he was present at the Roman Quadrennial; in 1967 he exhibited in Florence at the exhibition “Italian Art, 1915-1935”, curated by Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti. His dedication to art and writing continued tirelessly and in 1974 until his death in Rome in 1977.
