Giulio Aristide Sartorio

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Giulio Aristide Sartorio
Born(1860-02-11)February 11, 1860
Rome, Papal States (now Italy)
DiedOctober 3, 1932(1932-10-03) (aged 72)
NationalityItalian
Alma materRome Institute of Fine Arts
Occupation(s)Painter, film director

Giulio Aristide Sartorio (11 February 1860 – 3 October 1932) was an Italian painter and film director from Rome.

Biography

Having attended the Rome Institute of Fine Arts, Sartorio presented a

Pre-Raphaelites in England in 1893. His participation in the Venice Biennale began in 1895 with the 1st International Exposition of Art of Venice, after which he taught at the Weimar
Academy of Fine Arts from 1896 to 1898.

His period of greatest renown came at the beginning of the century, when he produced decorative friezes for the 5th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte of Venice (1903), the Mostra Nazionale of Fine Arts (Milan, Parco Sempione, 1906) and Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome (1908–12). Wounded during World War I, he travelled extensively in the Middle East, Japan and Latin America during the 1920s and became a member of the Italian Royal Academy.

Works

His most famous works are: Diana of Ephes and the slaves, Gorgon and the Heroes (1895–99) and a frieze in the Palazzo Montecitorio. He also collaborated with Gabriele D'Annunzio in a magazine entitled The Banquet (1895–98).

He directed the motion picture Il mistero di Galatea (1919), starring Marga Sevilla, his wife, who studied acting with Eleonora Duse.

Selected filmography

  • Malaria (1883). National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires
    Malaria (1883). National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires
  • The Reading (Catullus and Clodia)
    The Reading (Catullus and Clodia)
  • Siren or Green Abyss (1893). Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin
    Siren or Green Abyss (1893). Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin
  • Study of the Head of the Gorgon for The Gorgon and the Heroes (c. 1895). National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome
    Study of the Head of the
    Gorgon
    for The Gorgon and the Heroes (c. 1895). National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome
  • Diana of Ephesus and the slaves (c. 1895-1899). National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome
    Diana of Ephesus and the slaves (c. 1895-1899). National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome
  • The Gorgon and the Heroes (c. 1897-1899). National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome
    The
    Gorgon
    and the Heroes
    (c. 1897-1899). National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rome
  • Sagra, Example of the Art Nouveau style by Giulio Aristide Sartorio. Gallerie di Piazza Scala, Milan
    Sagra, Example of the Art Nouveau style by Giulio Aristide Sartorio. Gallerie di Piazza Scala, Milan
  • November plowing or Oxen at the plow (1914) (Views of the Roman countryside). Art collections of Fondazione Cariplo
    November plowing or Oxen at the plow (1914) (Views of the Roman countryside).
    Art collections of Fondazione Cariplo

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