Silvio Polloni (1888-1972) - Vaso di fiori

Silvio Polloni (Florence 1888- Florence 1972)

Vase of flowers

Oil on canvas

Signed bottom right

Dimensions with frame: 82x98 cm
Painting: 60x75 cm

Son of a decorator craftsman, he was sent at a very young age to work as a "shop-boy" for a family friend, an artisan gilder. In the meantime he attended the Istituto d'Arte up to higher studies and the Scuola Libera del Nudo of the Academy of Fine Arts. Mobilized in 1915 for World War I, after returning to the city he devoted a few years to music and singing before definitively focusing on painting from 1924 onward. In 1928 he participated in the XVI edition of the Venice International Biennial of Art, exhibiting "Paese toscano - Dintorni di Firenze" and he was again present at the XVII edition of 1930 with "Il torrente Mensola", at the XVIII edition of 1932 with "Bagnetti sull'Arno" and "Inverno sull'Arno", at the XIX of 1934 with "Paese toscano", "Neve sulla città", "Pomeriggio d'autunno" and "Stradina toscana" and finally at the XX of 1936 with "Casa rossa", "Giorno grigio" and "Vecchio molino sull'Arno".
He is present at five editions of the National Quadriennale Art Exhibition at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, from the first edition of 1931, where he exhibited "Alberi del torrente", followed by "Passaggio a livello", "Giovinetta seduta" and "Sull'Arno" (II Edition, 1934) up to the V edition of 1948.
From 1933 to 1943 he participated in the editions of the Fascist Syndicate of Fine Arts exhibitions held in Florence.
As Armando Nocentini wrote, "Polloni knew how to sing of and exalt the beauty of his land, the enchantment of a fertile countryside, the Arno that traverses it and the simple life that unfolds there...". "Starting from a painting style close to the tradition of the Tuscan Macchiaioli, he integrates it with impressionist-derived suggestions; later, his compositions acquire their own originality, made of vivid but always measured colors, precise strokes, and broad surfaces. Recurring subjects in his imagery are landscapes, figures, and still lifes. The latest production centers on views of the Arno, represented with lyrical expressiveness and intense emotional involvement."
He was also active as a ceramicist and poet and a member of the "Antica Compagnia del Paiolo" which brings together the major representatives of Florentine art. He was also an Academic Painter Aggregated and an Academic Painter Correspondent of the Academy of the Arts of Drawing.
His works appear in numerous public and private art collections, including the Galleria d'Arte Moderna at Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, the Museo di Firenze com'era, the collection of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Latina, the Suzzara Prize Gallery (MN), the Montecatini Contemporary Art in Montecatini Terme, Le Musée national d’archéologie, d’histoire et d’art (Luxembourg).
Silvio Polloni was one of the protagonists of Florentine painting in the twentieth century and is remembered as "the painter of Bellariva".

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