Rubaldo Merello Biography
Rubaldo Merello (1872 - 1922) was an Italian pointillist painter. Having moved to Genoa at the age of 9, he attended the Ligustica Academy of Fine Arts where he came into contact with sculptors such as Baroni, De Albertis and Albino, who influenced his artistic career. After the Academy, Merello dedicated himself mainly to sculpture in his studio in Genoa, but also to drawing with a strong symbolist imprint.
In 1894 he participated in the Brera Triennial Exhibition in Milan, and shortly thereafter began his career as a pointillist painter, following in the footsteps of Nomellini, Segantini and Pellizza da Volpedo. In the early 1900s, he moved to Ruta di Camogli and subsequently to San Fruttuoso, where he found total concentration to create his personal artistic world. The surrounding nature influenced him profoundly, and he began to create numerous landscape paintings, with particular attention to Monte di Portofino, which became the main subject of his works. Merello's chromatic language was particularly distinctive, characterized by a strong sensitivity to natural colors and atmospheres.
