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1898 - 1967. Known for: Arctic landscapes in watercolor.
Giovanni Molteni was an Italian artist who was self-taught with the painter Ugo Bernasconi. He moved to Milan in the early 1920s and attended classes with Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi,... Read full biography
Giovanni Molteni was an Italian artist who was self-taught with the painter Ugo Bernasconi. He moved to Milan in the early 1920s and attended classes with Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi, and Arturo Tosi. He gained the nickname "painter of the Arctic" after participating in the expedition... Read full biography
Giovanni Molteni was an Italian artist who was self-taught with the painter Ugo Bernasconi. He moved to Milan in the early 1920s and attended classes with Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi, and Arturo Tosi. He gained the nickname "painter of the Arctic" after participating in the expedition of the airship Italy to the North Pole. In the 1930s, he regularly exhibited at the Permanente in Milan. After World War II, he was invited to the International Watercolor Review in Delft in 1952 as... Read full biography
Giovanni Molteni was an Italian artist who was self-taught with the painter Ugo Bernasconi. He moved to Milan in the early 1920s and attended classes with Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi, and Arturo Tosi. He gained the nickname "painter of the Arctic" after participating in the expedition of the airship Italy to the North Pole. In the 1930s, he regularly exhibited at the Permanente in Milan. After World War II, he was invited to the International Watercolor Review in Delft in 1952 as a representative of Italy. He participated in important exhibitions in Lugano and Paris. Molteni is known for his Arctic landscapes in watercolor.
Giovanni Molteni was an Italian artist who was self-taught with the painter Ugo Bernasconi. He moved to Milan in the early 1920s and attended classes with Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi, and Arturo Tosi. He gained the nickname "painter of the Arctic" after participating in the expedition of the airship Italy to the North Pole. In the 1930s, he regularly exhibited at the Permanente in Milan. After World War II, he was invited to the International Watercolor Review in Delft in 1952 as a representative of Italy. He participated in important exhibitions in Lugano and Paris. Molteni is known for his Arctic landscapes in watercolor.
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Giovanni Molteni was an Italian artist who was self-taught with the painter Ugo Bernasconi. He moved to Milan in the early 1920s and attended classes with Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi, and Arturo Tosi. He gained the nickname "painter of the Arctic" after participating in the expedition of the airship Italy to the North Pole. In the 1930s, he regularly exhibited at the Permanente in Milan. After World War II, he was invited to the International Watercolor Review in Delft in 1952 as a representative of Italy. He participated in important exhibitions in Lugano and Paris. Molteni is known for his Arctic landscapes in watercolor.