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Omar Galliani

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Omar Galliani
Galliani in 2019
Born1954
Montecchio Emilia, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy
NationalityItalian

Omar Galliani (born 1954) is an Italian painter and professor at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera of Milan.

Life and career

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Omar Galliani graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.[1] He taught as full professor of painting at the Brera Academy till he retired.[2]

In 1979, invited by Luciano Francalanci for the Italy section, he received the "Faber Castell Prize" at the first International Drawing Triennial at the Kunsthalle in Nuremberg. His works are present at the Biennale of Venice in 1982, 1984 and 1986, in the São Paulo Biennials in Brazil and in Paris,[3][better source needed] in contemporary art museums in Japan and at the Bradford Biennial 7th British International Print (1982). His works are included in the permanent collections of important museums, such as the GAM Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Turin and the Museum national exhibition of China NAMOC in Beijing.[4]

In 2018, Galliani donated one of his self-portraits to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence,[5] the work was exhibited at the Vasari Auditorium and presented to the public by the director Eike Schmidt, before becoming part of the collection.[6] In January 2019, the documentary A Matita? Omar Galliani, was produced and directed by Fulvio Wetzl.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Galliani, Omar". Treccani.
  2. ^ "L'autoritratto tra presente e passato. Omar Galliani | Lorenzo Puglisi | Tintoretto. – Il blog di Carlo Franza". blog.ilgiornale.it.
  3. ^ Bignardi, Massimo; Mitri, Giulio De (January 15, 2018). Tracce su carta: Aspetti del disegno italiano contemporaneo (1948-2000). Gangemi editore. ISBN 978-88-492-4933-0 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "L'estate internazionale di Omar Galliani, tra mostre ed acquisizioni | Espoarte". June 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "Self Portrait". Ufizzi Gallery. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Omar Galliani dona un Autoritratto alle Gallerie degli Uffizi". Galleria degli Uffizi. 31 October 2018.
  7. ^ "A matita? Omar Galliani". MYmovies.it.
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