Umberto Moggioli

Place: Caldiero

Born: 1886

Death: 1945

Biography:

Umberto Moggioli was an Italian painter born in Caldiero, Italy in 1886. He studied in the Accademia Cignaroli of Verona and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. Moggioli's mature output included landscapes influenced by Macchiaioli styles and abstract paintings. He exhibited at the 1912 Biennale of Venice, and the 1918 Turin Exposition. He frequently exhibited from 1918 to 1921 in exhibitions in Verona and at the Ca' Pesaro in Venice. He exhibited ten canvases at the International Exhibition in Vienna in 1921. Among his early influences were the Liberty style and Veronese painters around Felice Casorati such as Guido and Attilio Trentini, Angelo Zamboni, Guido Farina, Albano Vitturi, and Umberto Moggioli. He painted frescoes, influenced by Mattielli, for the church of the Madonna Assunta in the parish of Garda (Life of Madonna), and in the parish church of Fumane (Christ clears the Temple of Merchants ) and the parish church of Caldiero. He also frescoed Celebrazione della Natura for the Villa Stefani di Noventa Vicentina. He died in Soave in 1945.