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Achille Lega BIOGRAPHY
1899 Ravenna, Italy - 1934 Florence, Italy. Known for: Modernist landscape painting, woodcut, lithographs.
Achille Lega trained at a very early age in Florence basing his style on late Macchioli artists, and around 1914 he studied in the atelier of Lodovico Tommasi. When he left the Accademia di Belle... Read full biography
Achille Lega trained at a very early age in Florence basing his style on late Macchioli artists, and around 1914 he studied in the atelier of Lodovico Tommasi. When he left the Accademia di Belle Arti, he became involved in the magazine Lacerba and, in 1916, he joined the Futurist movement and... Read full biography
Achille Lega trained at a very early age in Florence basing his style on late Macchioli artists, and around 1914 he studied in the atelier of Lodovico Tommasi. When he left the Accademia di Belle Arti, he became involved in the magazine Lacerba and, in 1916, he joined the Futurist movement and started to frequent the Giubbe Rosse caffé. In 1917 he painted Ritratto della madre (Portrait of my Mother), which shows the influence of the painting of Boccioni, and Vibrazioni atmosferiche di un... Read full biography
Achille Lega trained at a very early age in Florence basing his style on late Macchioli artists, and around 1914 he studied in the atelier of Lodovico Tommasi. When he left the Accademia di Belle Arti, he became involved in the magazine Lacerba and, in 1916, he joined the Futurist movement and started to frequent the Giubbe Rosse caffé. In 1917 he painted Ritratto della madre (Portrait of my Mother), which shows the influence of the painting of Boccioni, and Vibrazioni atmosferiche di un aeroplano in volo (Atmospheric vibrations of a plane in flight), one of the first examples of paintings of airplanes. In 1922, he prepared his first personal exhibition held at the Gonnelli Gallery in Florence. In this period he joined the circle of 20th... Read full biography
Achille Lega trained at a very early age in Florence basing his style on late Macchioli artists, and around 1914 he studied in the atelier of Lodovico Tommasi. When he left the Accademia di Belle Arti, he became involved in the magazine Lacerba and, in 1916, he joined the Futurist movement and started to frequent the Giubbe Rosse caffé. In 1917 he painted Ritratto della madre (Portrait of my Mother), which shows the influence of the painting of Boccioni, and Vibrazioni atmosferiche di un aeroplano in volo (Atmospheric vibrations of a plane in flight), one of the first examples of paintings of airplanes. In 1922, he prepared his first personal exhibition held at the Gonnelli Gallery in Florence. In this period he joined the circle of 20th century Tuscan artists, specializing in landscape painting. He contributed drawings and... Read full biography
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Achille Lega trained at a very early age in Florence basing his style on late Macchioli artists, and around 1914 he studied in the atelier of Lodovico Tommasi. When he left the Accademia di Belle Arti, he became involved in the magazine Lacerba and, in 1916, he joined the Futurist movement and started to frequent the Giubbe Rosse caffé. In 1917 he painted Ritratto della madre (Portrait of my Mother), which shows the influence of the painting of Boccioni, and Vibrazioni atmosferiche di un aeroplano in volo (Atmospheric vibrations of a plane in flight), one of the first examples of paintings of airplanes.
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