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The film “Pelizza Pittore da Volpedo” selected at the Rome Film Festival previewed at the MAXXI

A documentary titled “Pelizza Pittore da Volpedo” selected in the Free Style Arts section of the 19th edition of the Rome Film Fest to be held from 16 to 27 October 2024, will be previewed at the Maxxi on 17 October at 18.30:2025 pm. Distributed in cinemas by Nexo Studios, it will be released in theaters in XNUMX

The film “Pelizza Pittore da Volpedo” selected at the Rome Film Festival previewed at the MAXXI

METS Percorsi d'Arte in collaboration with Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona, with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte and the contribution of Gallerie Maspes Milano, presents the film Pelizza Pittore da Volpedo: October 18th at 14.00 pm – Second screening at MAXXI - October 20th 9.30am – Third screening of Giulio Cesare, Hall 7 (for accreditation only)

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868–1907) is not only the author of one of the most iconic paintings of the twentieth century

 The Fourth Estate which since it was painted in 1901 has become the emblem of the working class rising to the forefront of History: it has given a fundamental contribution to the affirmation of the pointillism in Italian painting and had a short, painful and secluded existence in a corner of the Alessandria area where three regions meet. A life that had a tragic and apparently inexplicable conclusion. In the documentary Pellizza Painter from Volpedo Fabrizio Bentivoglio, “narrating conscience” of this tormented man, delves into his innermost being with an extraordinary interpretative and expressive ability, reading passages from his unpublished writings. While Francis Fei makes the places speak, and enters with the camera lens inside paintings of extraordinary beauty, where the psychological analysis and the emotional adhesion to the rural world are obtained with a technique of surprising complexity and modernity. The documentary film therefore leads us to the discovery of an artist who defeated the pain of a tormented life with painting. A narration that reveals a little-known character, investigating the places where he lived and which are an integral part of his works, some shown to the public for the first time thanks to the formidable and accurate work of discovery by Fei, which makes the artist of the last century our contemporary.

Pelizza da Volpedo movie poster

The film is part of a journey of celebration and study of the figure of Pellizza initiated by METS Percorsi d'arte together with the GAM of Milan

The route will continue to Novara Castle from November 2024, 6 to April 2025, XNUMX with the exhibition Landscapes. Reality Impression Symbol. From Migliara to Pellizza da Volpedo, a prestigious exhibition dedicated to the evolution of landscape painting between Piedmont and Lombardy from the 80s to the first decade of the 2025th century, which will allow visitors to admire XNUMX masterpieces from important museums in Italy and abroad and from prestigious private collections, including some important works by Pellizza da Volpedo. The journey dedicated to the great artist will end in Milan in the autumn of XNUMX with a monographic exhibition jointly organized by METS and the GAM, where Pellizza's symbolic work is located, The Fourth Estate.

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