Date: 20/01/2017
Period: 27 January 2017
Event: Conference ‘Camillo Innocenti and painting in Rome before the avant-garde’
A general catalogue of the paintings and graphic works of Camillo Innocenti (Rome 1871 – 1961) is currently being prepared, curated by Manuel Carrera and Eugenia Querci, with logistical support from the Galleria Berardi and the Archivio dell’Ottocento Romano. Innocenti was one of the most successful artists in early 20th-century Italy, thanks to his modern, elegant and international style of painting. After training under some of the most influential masters of the 19th century, such as Antonio Mancini, Domenico Morelli and Francesco Paolo Michetti, the Roman painter came to the attention of critics at the first editions of the Venice Biennale.
His name is linked to one of the first solo exhibitions organised as part of the Venetian exhibition: in 1909, Innocenti had a room entirely dedicated to him at the Biennale, where twenty of his most significant paintings to date were on display. His extraordinary success led him to be sought after by some of the most important European galleries of the time: in 1913, the Bernheim Jeunes gallery in Paris, known for its association with the Impressionists, dedicated an important solo exhibition to him, which definitively established his international fame.
Few significant studies have been dedicated to Camillo Innocenti to date. However, his figure is finally reappearing in art literature as part of the rediscovery of early 20th-century Italian painting. The archiving of his work is therefore an essential tool for critical clarity, necessary to fully restore the artist’s role as a leading figure in 20th-century art.
To archive a work by Camillo Innocenti and for further information, please write to the following email address:
On 27 January 2017, the Galleria Prencipe hosted
a conference entitled “Camillo Innocenti and painting in Rome before the avant-garde” by Manuel Carrera.
