Nino Springolo Biography
Nino Springolo was born in Treviso in 1886 and completed his high school studies in 1907. He moved to Venice to train as a painter at Cesare Laurenti's school and participated in the first Ca' Pesaro Exhibition in 1908. In 1909, Springolo left for Munich with his friend Adolfo Callegari to follow courses at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied in the class of Gabriel von Hackl and Hugo von Habermann. In 1910, after returning to Italy, Springolo opened a studio in Venice, where he dedicated himself to painting portraits and still lifes with a dark painting technique. However, in 1912-1913, his style evolved towards landscape, simplifying forms and using bright colours, with a pointillist painting technique.
In May 1919, Springolo decided to move with his family to Onè di Fonte, a small town in the Treviso countryside, where he was able to evolve his art thanks to his all-encompassing relationship with nature. In 1923, at the suggestion of the painter Gino Rossi, Springolo presented a solo exhibition at Ca' Pesaro in Venice, within the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa. In 1924 he participated for the first time in the Venice Biennale and continued to participate in all editions until 1936.
In 1937, during the Paris International Exhibition, Springolo was awarded a gold medal for the work Gigetta of 1924. In 1942, the Venice Biennale awarded him the Omero Soppelsa prize for the work The river in spring of 1920. With the end of the Second World War, Springolo entered the orbit of two important gallery owners: Carlo Cardazzo and Ettore Gian Ferrari. Between the 1950s and 1960s, he was awarded many awards, including the 1955 Marzotto di Valdagno prize, which was shared with Pio Semeghini and Luigi Bartolini. Springolo died in Treviso on 21 January 1975.
