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Giorgio Morandi · 1913
Giorgio Morandi: 1890–1964
Biography
Giorgio Morandi (20 July 1890 – 18 June 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Morandi was born in Bologna, Italy, to Andrea Morandi and Maria Maccaferri, the eldest of five children. He lived first on Via Lame, where his brother Giuseppe and his sister Anna were born. The family then moved to Via Avesella, where two other sisters were born, Dina in 1900 and Maria Teresa in 1906. After the death of his father in 1909, the family moved to Via Fondazza, and Giorgio became the head of the family.
From 1907 to 1913, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ('Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna'). At the Accademia, which based its traditions on 14th-century painting, Morandi taught himself to etch by studying books on Rembrandt. He was excellent at his studies, although his professors disapproved of the changes in his style during his final two years at the Accademia.
In 1910, he visited Florence, where the works of artists such as Giotto, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, and Paolo Uccello made a profound impression on him.
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Influenced by
- Paolo Uccelloeditorial inference
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- Caravaggioeditorial inference
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- Carlo Carràeditorial inference
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- Paul Cézanneeditorial inference
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- Giorgio de Chiricoeditorial inference
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Later influence
- Hryhorii Havrylenkoeditorial inference
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- Andrey Vasnetsoveditorial inference
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- William Balthazar Roseeditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Giorgio Morandi. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art16 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art14 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago9 recorded works
- Museum of Modern Art3 recorded works
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna2 recorded works
- musée Cantini — Marseille2 recorded works
- Tate2 recorded works
- Villa Necchi Campiglio2 recorded works
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC)1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- Musei Civici di Arte e Storia1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
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- National Gallery of Art
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- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Tate Collection metadata (October 2014 snapshot)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)