Antonio Feltrinelli
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Antonio Feltrinelli

Italy • 1887

Biography

Antonio Feltrinelli was born in Milan on June 1, 1887 to Giovanni Feltrinelli, the nephew of Giacomo, who was the founder of the Feltrinelli partnership. Feltrinelli was not only a prominent figure in the Italian economic and financial field, but he was also a painter, who was characterized as a strong, impetuous hot colorist, and preferred still lifes, portraits and landscapes. He started his career in 1930 at La Permanente (Milan), where he exhibited a portrait and a still life that won him the Fornara award.

That same year, Feltrinelli exhibited his work at the Venice Biennial and at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. Together with other prominent avant-garde artists, he participated in various foreign exhibitions on modern Italian painting. He was varied and eclectic, full of inspiration and attracted to all art, history and life that which he believed could become a colorful painting, and for this reason he took on the most difficult subjects to paint. These paintings portrayed his admiration and deepest worship through his uses of raging colors, which matched his exceptional temperament.

He chose risky themes, and his drawings were disorderly, violent and full of color. Feltrinelli’s artistic person openly opposed his physical and social person. He was well educated, reserved and quiet, and had a prominent social position in society. This artist, who was both observant and a thinker, would come down from his luxurious studio as if he was coming down from an attic. He was enthusiastic and tormented by the art that seemed to want to take his life.

His love for the arts and sciences pushed him to use his personal fortune to fund a great Italian cultural institution “similar to the Nobel Foundation”. In addition, Antonio Feltrinelli made the Italian Academy the heir of his possessions and ordered that an inalienable and perpetual fund be created to reward work, education and intelligence.

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Painting, The Theatre Stage, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

$17,257

Painting, Portrait of Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 104 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 40.9 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

$4,284

Painting, Vase of Flowers, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 49 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

$4,284

Painting, Portrait of Noblewoman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

$11,187

Painting, Female Portrait, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 202 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 79.5 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$14,281

Painting, Reading Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 150 x 101 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.8 x 0.8 inch

$9,759

Painting, Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 104 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 40.9 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch

$7,617

Painting, Portrait, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 70.5 x 51 x 1 cm Painting - 27.8 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

$9,521

Painting, The woman on sofa, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 90 x 70.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.8 x 1 inch

$7,379

Painting, Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 102 x 64 x 8 cm Painting - 40.2 x 25.2 x 3.1 inch

$8,569

Painting, Woman with Veil, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 102 x 71 x 8 cm Painting - 40.2 x 28 x 3.1 inch

$16,662

Painting, Portrait, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 80 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$9,759

Painting, Rape of Europe, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$8,926

Painting, Lady with Fur, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 105 x 76 x 0.7 cm Painting - 41.3 x 29.9 x 0.3 inch

$7,617

Painting, Lady, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 100 x 88 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch

$6,784

Painting, Girl with Dog, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$13,091

Painting, The Parrot, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 40 x 110 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

$11,782

Painting, Nude Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$8,569

Painting, The woman on the sofa, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 90 x 104 x 1.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 40.9 x 0.6 inch

$19,042

Painting, Sitting Model, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 100 x 88 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch

$9,997

Painting, Nude Model, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 103 x 88 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40.6 x 34.6 x 1 inch

$9,759

Painting, Terrestrial Paradise, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 100 x 100 x 8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 3.1 inch

$6,665

Painting, Nude, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 102 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

$11,901

Painting, Veiled Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 102 x 71 x 8 cm Painting - 40.2 x 28 x 3.1 inch

$10,116

Painting, Portrait of Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch

$10,116

Painting, Nude of Woman, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

$9,759

Painting, Laying Nude with Blue Lance, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 100 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch

$17,852

Painting, Nude with Tropical Animals, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 100 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch

$16,067

Painting, Self-Portrait with Models, Antonio Feltrinelli

Antonio Feltrinelli

Painting - 100 x 99.5 x 0.8 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.2 x 0.3 inch

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What is Antonio Feltrinelli’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Classic Portrait Artists
When was Antonio Feltrinelli born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1887