Giuseppe Cominetti Biography
Giuseppe Cominetti (Salasco, 1882 – Rome, 1930) was an Italian painter belonging to the divisionist movement. He studied in Turin, where he simultaneously attended the classical high school and the Academy of Fine Arts under the guidance of Milani.
In 1902 he moved to Genoa, where he came into contact with numerous artists and writers, including the painters Nomellini, Olivari, Geranzani, Schiaffino and the sculptors Bistolfi, Bassano and De Albertis. The contact with Nomellini was decisive in the definitive choice of divisionism as a pictorial style.
Cominetti was also inspired by Previati, alternating mystical themes with worldly compositions, prior to his adherence to Futurism, which he arrived at together with Umberto Boccioni after having deepened his reading of Previati's dynamic painting.
His first performance at the Genoese Promotrice dates back to 1903, and from then on he regularly participated in the event.
In 1907 he exhibited "The Conquerors of the Sun", one of his most famous works, in which the pointillist technique is combined with an evident social and allegorical commitment.
In 1909 he participated in the Salon de Paris, moving first to Montparnasse and then to Montmartre.
While attending the École de Paris, he collaborated as an art critic for Le Monde and for a short period was part of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's futurist movement.
His works are present in the Gallery of Modern Art in Genoa and in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome
