Giovanni Romagnoli Biography
Giovanni Romagnoli is a painter and sculptor originally from Faenza, born on 12 May 1893.
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna until 1911. In 1917 he obtained the Curlandese prize by presenting himself to the "Promotrice Francesco Francia". In 1920 he won the Baruzzi prize. Two years later he exhibited at the Florentine Primaverile and the Secession exhibition, as well as at the 1st Roman Biennale. In 1924 he won second prize at the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh International and exhibited a group of works at the Venice Biennale. In 1926 and then in 1930-31, he was a teacher at the Carnegie Institute's art school. In 1935 at the II Quadrennial he had a room to exhibit a group of terracottas, nudes and portraits, executed from 1932 to 1934 and obtained one of the prizes.
Romagnoli was inspired by a pictorial ideal that has roots in nineteenth-century France up to the Venetians and Titian. Among his most significant works we find “Bagnante” (1920), “Rosa e biondo” (1923), “Nudo” (1924), “Venere” (1924), “Sherazade” (1925), “Smiling” (1926) . Among his most important sculptures are “Idolo”, “Hebe”, “Fragment”, “Nude” and “Zoraide”.
