Raffaello Isola (1897-1955) - Pescatore N2

Isola Raffaello

Brief profile

Surname and Given Name
Isola Raffaello
Born in
Lucca — 17/12/1897
Died in
Lucca — 16/09/1955
Painter
Yes
Sculptor
No
Engraver
No
Decorator
No
Biography
Born in Lucca on December 17, 1897, he trained at the local Institute of Fine Arts, among the favorite pupils of Alceste Campriani. In 1920 he won a prize awarded by the Ministry of Public Instruction and several of his paintings were purchased by public entities including the Ministry of National Education ("Natura morta") and the Municipality of Lucca ("Studi di paese"). Here he made his debut in 1921 with a solo exhibition, together with sculptor Niccolò Codino. At the end of the 1920s his painting progressively frees itself from the last remnants of divisionism to turn toward a Cézannesque decomposition. In this period his passion for poetry began, leading him to publish the first verses in the student newspaper "La libellula" under the pseudonym SOLARI. Subsequently he taught figure drawing at the Stagio Stagi Institute of Art in Pietrasanta and later taught in Italian schools abroad, in Alexandria (Egypt) (from 1933 to 1940) and in Sofia, Bulgaria (1941). Returning to Italy during the war, he spent a year in Naples, then moved to Rome, where he stayed for two years. In 1946 he settled permanently in Lucca, reopening his ground-floor studio on Via S. Donnino, and dedicated himself to teaching at the G. Carducci Middle School in Pisa, a position he held until his death. Between 1948 and 1949 he stayed in the Welsh city of Swansea, where he came to know the painting of Stanley Spencer, which had a notable influence on his later production. In the final part of his career he passionate-ly devoted himself to religious themes and held several solo exhibitions. He died in Lucca on September 16, 1955. Among the bibliographic contributions we note the brochure of the exhibition held in Lucca from December 18, 2014 to March 14, 2015, Raffaello Isola (1897-1955). A Lucca-born painter between the two wars, curated by Antonia D'Aniello, Silvestra Bietoletti, Claudio Casini.
Oil painting on canvas signed bottom left and on the back with signature and certificate of authenticity and was exhibited at the La Pantera art gallery in Lucca at the VII National Painting Exhibition Gulf of Spezia.
Painting dimensions 70x80; the frame is considered a complimentary accessory to the work; no claims regarding the frame will be accepted.
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