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Giovanni Molteni (Cantù, 1898 – Sorengo, 1990) was self-taught under the aegis of the painter Ugo Bernasconi and, after the experience of the First World War, he moved to Milan where he frequented Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi and Arturo Tosi. Fundamental in his training, from both an artistic and emotional point of view, was his participation in the expedition of the airship Italia to the North Pole, from which he received the nickname "painter of the Arctic". Read the full biography

Giovanni Molteni (Cantù, 1898 – Sorengo, 1990) was self-taught under the aegis of the painter Ugo Bernasconi and, after the experience of the First World War, he moved to Milan where he frequented Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi and Arturo Tosi. Fundamental in his training, from both an artistic and emotional point of view, was his participation in the expedition of the airship Italia to the North Pole, from which he received the nickname "painter of the Arctic". In the 1930s he regularly participated in the Permanente exhibitions in Milan, while during the bombings of 1943 his studio and with it his works were almost entirely destroyed. In 1949 he held a solo show at the Galleria del Milione in Milan which dedicated the monograph 15 watercolors and 4 drawings by Giovanni Molteni to him, with a note by Carlo Carrà. In 1952 Monteni was invited to the International Watercolor Exhibition from 1800 to 1950 held in Delft, as a representative of Italy, together with Giorgio Morandi, Gino Severini, Filippo De Pisis and Arturo Tosi. Exhibitions followed in Lugano and Paris. The last solo exhibition dates back to 1982, when Molteni exhibited his works at the Galleria Corso Bello in Mendrisio.