Mario Cavaglieri Biography
Cavaglieri, Mario Oddone (Rovigo, 1887 - Peyloubère par-Pavie, 1969) Born in Rovigo to a rich Israelite family originally from Venice, from 1900 to 1907 he lived in Padua, where he completed his high school studies and frequented Giovanni Vianello's studio, near who knows Felice Casorati. Between 1906 and 1907 he also frequented Cesare Laurenti, who was then active between Venice and Padua. Already in 1907 he was present at the exhibition of the Società Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti in Rome, while in 1909 he participated in the exhibition at Ca' Pesaro, where he returned in 1910, in 1912 (with nineteen works), in 1913 and in 1925. After his first trip to Paris, made in 1911, Cavaglieri also appeared with a certain assiduity at the Venice Biennale: in 1912, in 1914, in 1920, in 1922, in 1924, in 1938, in 1948, in 1950 and in 1957. In 1912 he met Giulietta Catellini, the inspiration and model of many of his works, who would become his wife in 1921. Years of great happiness followed both in the private life and in the artistic life of the painter, who then experienced considerable success (criticism, after all, indicates, in the period between 1909 and 1925, his best creative season). In 1913 he exhibited in Naples (II National Exhibition of Fine Arts of the Cnag), in 1914 in Milan (Brera National Exhibition) and gradually at most of the important exhibitions of the immediately pre-war and post-war years. He then lived between the Veneto and Rome, where, on the occasion of a solo show held in 1919 together with Hans St. Lerche at Casa Cagiati, he attracted the attention of Roberto Longhi, who spoke of him in flattering terms. The next solo exhibition, held in 1920 at the Galleria Pesaro in Milan together with St. Lerche and Alberto Martini, was presented by Vittorio Pica. After staying in Piacenza between 1922 and 1925, he moved to France, to the beautiful Gascon property of Peyloubère, located in the Auch area, not far from Paviesur-Gers.
