{"product_id":"franz-borghese-senza-titolo-4","title":"FRANZ BORGHESE - UNTITLED","description":"\u003cb\u003eFranz Borghese\u003c\/b\u003e ( \u003ca title=\"Rome\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roma\"\u003eRome\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"January 21st\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/21_gennaio\"\u003e21 January\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"1941\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941\"\u003e1941\u003c\/a\u003e – \u003ca title=\"Rome\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roma\"\u003eRome\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"December 16th\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/16_dicembre\"\u003e16 December\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"2005\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2005\"\u003e2005\u003c\/a\u003e ) was an \u003ca title=\"Italy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italia\"\u003eItalian\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"Painter\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pittore\"\u003epainter\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Sculpture\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scultura\"\u003esculptor\u003c\/a\u003e , one of the protagonists of Italian painting in the second \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Twentieth century\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Novecento\"\u003ehalf of the twentieth century\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nIn his work, he portrays a turn-of-the-century bourgeoisie with an ironic and imaginative streak. The more cutting and bitter it is, the closer and more empathetic it is to human weakness, through a language and poetics that rise to a universal metaphor.\n\u003ch2\u003e \u003cspan id=\"Biografia_e_opere\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003eBiography and works\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\r \nFranz Borghese was born in \u003ca title=\"Rome\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roma\"\u003eRome\u003c\/a\u003e on January 21, 1941, to Giacomo Borghese and Giovanna Senesi. He began painting during his years at art school on \u003ca title=\"Ripetta Street\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Via_di_Ripetta\"\u003eVia di Ripetta\u003c\/a\u003e , where \u003ca title=\"Dominic Purificato\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domenico_Purificato\"\u003eDomenico Purificato\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Joseph Capogrossi\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giuseppe_Capogrossi\"\u003eGiuseppe Capogrossi\u003c\/a\u003e , Umberto Maganzini, and \u003ca title=\"Julius Turcato\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giulio_Turcato\"\u003eGiulio Turcato\u003c\/a\u003e taught. In 1964, he founded the Group and the eponymous magazine “Il Ferro di Cavallo.”\n\r \nIn 1968, at his first solo exhibition, he exhibited the large painting \u003ci\u003eIn morte di \u003ca title=\"Martin Luther King\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martin_Luther_King\"\u003eLuther King\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e . In the same year, his painting \u003ci\u003eLe ombre\u003c\/i\u003e was accepted and exhibited at the VI Rassegna d'Art Figurative di Roma e del Lazio at the \u003ca title=\"Exhibition Palace\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_delle_Esposizioni\"\u003ePalazzo delle Esposizioni\u003c\/a\u003e ; the Pinacoteca Comunale in Rome purchased one of his works.\n\r \nFrom 1970 onwards, \u003ca title=\"Satire\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Satira\"\u003esatire\u003c\/a\u003e and sarcasm began to appear in his paintings: the dramatic painting with its dark and deep tones was abandoned to make way for the first characters wearing clothes and adopting gestures from the 1910s. A new language that certainly evokes more than one parallel with \u003ca title=\"George Grosz\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Grosz\"\u003eGeorge Grosz\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Otto Dix\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otto_Dix\"\u003eOtto Dix\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"James Ensor\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Ensor\"\u003eJames Ensor\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Mino Maccari\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mino_Maccari\"\u003eMino Maccari\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Heinrich Hoerle (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Heinrich_Hoerle\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eHeinrich Hoerle\u003c\/a\u003e . In 1972 he dedicated his first studies and drawings to the military and militarism. He painted \u003ci\u003eThe Blind\u003c\/i\u003e .\n\r \nBorghese was deeply influenced by \u003ca title=\"Hieronymus Bosch\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hieronymus_Bosch\"\u003eBosch\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Pieter Bruegel the Elder\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pieter_Bruegel_il_Vecchio\"\u003eBrughel\u003c\/a\u003e , to whom he dedicated \u003ci\u003eThe Concert in the Egg\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThe Cure for Madness\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eand The Ship of Fools\u003c\/i\u003e , but also by \u003ca title=\"Jacques Callot\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Callot\"\u003eJacques Callot\u003c\/a\u003e , from whom he drew inspiration for some original perspective solutions. In \u003ci\u003eThe Dukes\u003c\/i\u003e we find \u003ca title=\"Piero della Francesca\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piero_della_Francesca\"\u003ePiero della Francesca\u003c\/a\u003e again. To \u003ca title=\"William Hogarth\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Hogarth\"\u003eHogarth\u003c\/a\u003e he dedicated the nine paintings inspired by \u003ci\u003eThe Rake's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e . He was still interested in \u003ca title=\"Francisco Goya\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francisco_Goya\"\u003eGoya\u003c\/a\u003e , for his large choral compositions and his crude way of representing violence, and Grosz and Dix, certainly, for their tragic and scathing representation of society. Among his contemporaries he certainly appreciated Longanesi and \u003ca title=\"Mino Maccari\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mino_Maccari\"\u003eMaccari\u003c\/a\u003e .\r \n\nIn the 1970s Borghese met \u003ca title=\"Salvatore Fiume\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salvatore_Fiume\"\u003eSalvatore Fiume\u003c\/a\u003e , with whom he painted together in 1975, \u003ci\u003eThe Condemnation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e .\n\n Among the main themes in Borghese's work, in addition to those mentioned above, we recall The \u003ci\u003eSpouses\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eThe Chess Game\u003c\/i\u003e (as he was a skilled and passionate chess player), \u003ci\u003eThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eImaginary Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e . Borghese created numerous engravings ( \u003ci\u003eThe Horrible Misdeeds of Phantomas\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eLong Live the War\u003c\/i\u003e ) and etchings ( \u003ci\u003eStultifera navis\u003c\/i\u003e – \u003ci\u003eThe Ship of Fools and Other Imaginary Facts\u003c\/i\u003e 1978), silkscreens, and lithographs.\n\n He devoted himself to sculpture starting in the 70s, \u003ci\u003eThe New Pets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEduardo Leaves the Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e , were the first, followed by \u003ci\u003eOfficer and Lady\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eRoundabout\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003ePhotography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Engineer's Family\u003c\/i\u003e and in 1984 he created the sculpture, \u003ci\u003eDiscreet Charm\u003c\/i\u003e .\n\r \nFrom the 1980s are the sculptures, \u003ci\u003eI stilts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIl ritratto immaginario\u003c\/i\u003e , the portfolio of etchings \u003ca class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.venderequadri.it\/wp-admin\/post-new.php?post_type=catalogo\" aria-current=\"page\"\u003eAdd new\u003c\/a\u003e ti \u003ci\u003eLes amoureux – four etchings by Franz Borghese\u003c\/i\u003e , the cycle of paintings \u003ci\u003eThe Rake’s Progress\u003c\/i\u003e , revisiting the series by William Hogarth.\n\n The personal exhibition at the \u003ca title=\"Castel Sant'Angelo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castel_Sant%27Angelo\"\u003eNational Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo\u003c\/a\u003e dates back to 1986.\n\r \nHis passion for the historical period of \u003ca title=\"Napoleon Bonaparte\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleone_Bonaparte\"\u003eNapoleon\u003c\/a\u003e led him to write and draw \u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Battle of Waterloo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battaglia_di_Waterloo\"\u003eWaterloo\u003c\/a\u003e , an imaginary battle\u003c\/i\u003e , in 1990. The large-scale painting \u003ci\u003eThe Painter's Studio or Life is a Dream (working title)\u003c\/i\u003e dates back to the 1990s; inspired by the research of \u003ca title=\"Cesare Lombroso\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cesare_Lombroso\"\u003eCesare Lombroso\u003c\/a\u003e , he created two pictorial cycles dedicated to the study of the human figure, \u003ci\u003eThe Manual of Physiognomy\u003c\/i\u003e , followed by \u003ci\u003eAppendix to the Manual of Physiognomy\u003c\/i\u003e . The first studies for the \u003ci\u003eFlying Machines\u003c\/i\u003e cycle also date back to these years.\n\r \nIn 1992, an exhibition of mixed techniques on hardboard and drawings entitled \u003ci\u003eInventions and Discoveries, Imaginary Portraits and More\u003c\/i\u003e was presented at Palazzo Braschi in Rome. The portfolio of lithographs \u003ci\u003eentitled Stories and Misdeeds of the Old Government\u003c\/i\u003e , a tribute to the poet GG Belli, and the etchings from the series \u003ci\u003eAll the Men of the Master Plan\u003c\/i\u003e , date back to 1997.\n\n In December 2005, shortly after his last public exhibition at the Refettorio Quattrocentesco of \u003ca title=\"Palazzo Venezia\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palazzo_Venezia\"\u003ePalazzo Venezia\u003c\/a\u003e , he died in Rome in his studio on Via della Seggiola.\n\u003ch2\u003e \u003cspan id=\"Bibliografia\" class=\"mw-headline\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eSixth Roman Biennial\u003c\/i\u003e , ed. De Luca, Rome, 1968.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eBrerarte General Catalogues\u003c\/i\u003e , ed. Brerarte, Milan, 1972-1980.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eDiscanto\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Pasquale Scarpitti, ed. SARUS, Pescara, 1973.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eBorghese\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Franco Solmi, ed. La Nuova Foglio, Pollenza (MC), 1974.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \n\u003ci\u003eVolume of Bolaffi's Reports\u003c\/i\u003e , report by Virgilio Guzzi, Giorgio Mondadori e Associati, Turin, 1975.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eThe new generation\u003c\/i\u003e , X Quadrennial of Rome, De Luca, Rome, 1975.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eBorghese\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Carlo Munari, Galleria Palmieri, Milan, 1975.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eBorghese. Long Live the War\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Franco Passoni, Il Gianicolo, Perugia, 1976.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese, The Flowers of Good\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Paolo Levi, Italarte, Rome, 1980.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese. Mixed Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Franco Simongini, Fidia, Rome, 1981.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Dario Micacchi, Italarte, Rome, 1982.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese sculptor\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Domenico Guzzi, Italarte, Rome, 1985.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Giorgio Bocca, Giorgio Mondadori e Associati, Milan, 1986.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese\u003c\/i\u003e , monograph for the personal exhibition at Castel Sant'Angelo, edited by \u003ca title=\"Carmine Benincasa\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carmine_Benincasa\"\u003eCarmine Benincasa\u003c\/a\u003e , Rome, 1986.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \t \u003cli\u003eFranz Borghese, \u003ci\u003eWaterloo, an imaginary battle, described in 60 pages and 40 drawings\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Lucio Cabutti, Il Tetto, Rome, 1990.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eSpirit of St. Louis\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by Domenico Guzzi, Ed. Bora Bologna, 1991.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eInventions and Discoveries, Imaginary Portraits, and More\u003c\/i\u003e . Palazzo Braschi Museum, edited by Franco Simongini, published by Bora, Bologna, 1992.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eThe Manual of Physiognomy\u003c\/i\u003e , with a critical presentation by A. Del Giudice, Il gianicolo, Perugia, 1993.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eAppendix to the Manual of Physiognomy\u003c\/i\u003e , with a critical presentation by Carlo Franza, Centro Arte, Milan, 1994.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of an Egocentric\u003c\/i\u003e , with a critical review by Giovanni Faccenda, Ed. Bora, Bologna, 2002.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eBorghese. Sculptures\u003c\/i\u003e , edited by E. De Albentiis, Il Gianicolo, Perugia, 2002.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n \u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese\u003c\/i\u003e , monograph for the anthological exhibition at the fifteenth-century refectory of Palazzo Venezia, edited by Giovanni Faccenda, Masso delle Fate Ed., Signa, (FI), 2005.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \n\u003ci\u003eFranz Borghese. An Anthology of Works, Paintings, Drawings, and Gouaches from 1970 to 2005\u003c\/i\u003e , with an essay by Luigi Spezzaferro, Il Gianicolo, Perugia, 2006.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Camilla Borghese, \u003ci\u003eWho is Franz Borghese?,\u003c\/i\u003e Italarte, Rome, 2007.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeneral Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Franz Borghese - First Volume, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, 2017.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MASSETTI FELICIA 335 7488830","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218795278722,"sku":"MASFE001","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/borghese-froonte-2.jpg?v=1768476777","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/franz-borghese-senza-titolo-4","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}