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Matteo Olivero was an artist born in 1879 in Pratorotondo, a town located in the upper Maira valley. He enrolled at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, where he perfected his line and his painting technique. Read the full biography

Matteo Olivero was an artist born in 1879 in Pratorotondo, a town located in the upper Maira valley. He enrolled at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, where he perfected his line and his painting technique. In 1900, he created his first sculpture, called "Reietto", a plaster bust exhibited at the Promotrice of Turin. However, painting was his true passion. During this period, he produced numerous figure studies and portraits such as the "Bust", the "Portrait of an Old Man" and the "Young Self-Portrait". In 1902, Olivero returned to Acceglio and painted the alpine landscape of Val Varaita and Val Maira. Throughout his career he participated in major exhibitions such as the Grenoble Exposition and the First International of Rome in 1904, the Venice Biennale between 1920 and 1926 and the Società Amatori e Cultori of Rome, among many others. However, at the 1932 Venice Biennale, Olivero's works were not accepted. This caused the painter serious distress, combined with the loss of his mother. This pushed Olivero to take his own life in his studio in Saluzzo on 28 April 1932, at the age of fifty-three.