Giovanni Masotti (1873-1915). Turbamento ed estasi

The Associazione Bologna per le arti presents at Palazzo d'Accursio from the 9th of December to the 4th of February, Giovanni Masotti (1873-1915). Turbamento ed estasi, an exhibition curated by Francesca Sinigaglia and Isabella Stancari that aims to reconstruct the painter's life and work, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth and drawing up, for the first time, a catalogue of his known works.

The exhibition brings together 70 works, including large canvases, panels, drawings and watercolours, from private and public collections, such as Intesa Sanpaolo, Collegio Artistico Venturoli, Diocesi di Bologna, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna and Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, as well as an important nucleus of paintings still owned by the heirs.

The exhibition follows a chronological path showing, for the first time, the artist's stylistic evolution and is organised around five main thematic nuclei: from his frequentation of the Venturoli College, to his collaborations with Bolognese churches and the Francesco Francia Society, his participation in painting competitions, his activity as a decorator and his death in Aosta.