{"product_id":"jose-ortega-notturno","title":"José Ortega - Nocturne","description":"He was a representative of social realism during the \u003ca title=\"Spanish Civil War\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerra_civile_spagnola\"\u003eSpanish Civil War\u003c\/a\u003e and a member of the \"Estampa Popular\" group, of which he was also a founder. At the age of thirteen he moved to \u003ca title=\"Madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madrid\"\u003eMadrid\u003c\/a\u003e , where he began to create his first paintings and took part in anti-Franco circles, thus linking his later experiences and his work to a strong political and civil commitment. At the age of 26 he was convicted of crimes of opinion, and after his prison term, in \u003ca title=\"1952\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1952\"\u003e1952\u003c\/a\u003e his first cycle of woodcuts was published. In the early \u003ca title=\"1960s\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anni_1960\"\u003e1960s\u003c\/a\u003e he began his long \u003ca title=\"Exile\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esilio\"\u003eexile\u003c\/a\u003e and moved to \u003ca title=\"Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parigi\"\u003eParis\u003c\/a\u003e , where he was awarded the gold medal by the \u003ci\u003eInternational Congress of Art Critics of Verucchio,\u003c\/i\u003e directed by \u003ca title=\"Giulio Carlo Argan\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giulio_Carlo_Argan\"\u003eGiulio Carlo Argan,\u003c\/a\u003e for his action in the fight for freedom. In \u003ca title=\"1964\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1964\"\u003e1964\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"Antonello Trombadori\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonello_Trombadori\"\u003eAntonello Trombadori\u003c\/a\u003e organized his first solo exhibition in \u003ca title=\"Italy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italia\"\u003eItaly\u003c\/a\u003e at the \u003ci\u003eLa Nuova Pesa\u003c\/i\u003e gallery in \u003ca title=\"Rome\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roma\"\u003eRome\u003c\/a\u003e , followed by others in \u003ca title=\"1968\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1968\"\u003e1968\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"1974\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1974\"\u003e1974.\u003c\/a\u003e In the following years he held numerous exhibitions in \u003ca title=\"Philadelphia\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filadelfia\"\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Toronto\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toronto\"\u003eToronto\u003c\/a\u003e , Saint Louis, \u003ca title=\"Zurich\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zurigo\"\u003eZurich\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Turin\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torino\"\u003eTurin\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Brussels\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruxelles\"\u003eBrussels\u003c\/a\u003e . In \u003ca title=\"1969\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1969\"\u003e1969\u003c\/a\u003e he created the twenty engravings of the great suite of \u003ci\u003eSegadores\u003c\/i\u003e , inspired by the suffering of land workers. In \u003ca title=\"1971\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971\"\u003e1971\u003c\/a\u003e he worked on the \u003ci\u003eOrtega± \u003ca title=\"Albrecht Dürer\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer\"\u003eDürer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e cycle, sixty engravings concerning the theme of the \u003ca title=\"Spanish Civil War\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerra_civile_spagnola\"\u003eSpanish Civil War\u003c\/a\u003e presented at the \u003ca title=\"Nuremberg\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norimberga\"\u003eNuremberg\u003c\/a\u003e Museum and later exhibited at the \u003ca title=\"Sforza Castle\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Castello_Sforzesco\"\u003eSforza Castle\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca title=\"Milan\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milano\"\u003eMilan\u003c\/a\u003e .\n \nHe moved to \u003ca title=\"Matera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matera\"\u003eMatera\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca title=\"1973\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1973\"\u003e1973\u003c\/a\u003e , where he had his own workshop in the headquarters of the \u003ci\u003eLa Scaletta\u003c\/i\u003e cultural club in the \u003ca title=\"Sassi of Matera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sassi_di_Matera\"\u003eSassi\u003c\/a\u003e , experimenting with new techniques in sculpting bas-reliefs and using papier-mâché in an innovative way together with the papier-mâché masters of Matera; here he created one of his most important pictorial cycles, \u003ci\u003eDeath and Birth of the Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e , presented at the Sforza Castle in Milan and kept and exhibited at Casa Ortega in Matera. He left many of his works as gifts to the city of Matera, to which he was deeply attached. In \u003ca title=\"1976\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976\"\u003e1976\u003c\/a\u003e , after sixteen years of exile, he was granted permission to return freely to \u003ca title=\"Spain\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spagna\"\u003eSpain\u003c\/a\u003e , and was thus able to exhibit his works in \u003ca title=\"Madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madrid\"\u003eMadrid\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Valencia\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valencia\"\u003eValencia\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Bilbao\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bilbao\"\u003eBilbao\u003c\/a\u003e , where in particular he displayed the large cycle of bas-reliefs created in Matera; he left Spain again in \u003ca title=\"1980\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1980\"\u003e1980\u003c\/a\u003e to return to Italy, where he continued an intense exhibition activity, settling in the small town of \u003ca title=\"Woods (San Giovanni a Piro)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosco_(San_Giovanni_a_Piro)\"\u003eBosco\u003c\/a\u003e , in the \u003ca title=\"Province of Salerno\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provincia_di_Salerno\"\u003eprovince of Salerno\u003c\/a\u003e . He declared that he chose this place because it reminded him of his beloved Spain; he himself said:\n\u003ctable class=\"citazione-table\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\n \u003ctd\u003e\"I'm happy with you, because here I've found the anguish and misery of my people. Because the colors are those of my land. I stayed because the laborers' skin is dark and dry, like that of Spanish peasants.\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n He managed to buy a \u003ca title=\"House\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casa\"\u003ehouse\u003c\/a\u003e (still open to visitors today) where, sitting in the front \u003ca title=\"Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giardino\"\u003egarden\u003c\/a\u003e , he devoted himself to painting landscapes and still lifes. His house is a veritable \u003ca title=\"Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo\"\u003emuseum\u003c\/a\u003e , where you can still admire the paintings that adorn it both inside and out. He quickly earned everyone's respect and affection: he is remembered as a solitary and thoughtful man, yet at the same time generous and thoughtful.\n\u003ctable class=\"citazione-table\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\n \u003ctd\u003eI came here to build a little piece of freedom. Working in these lands means constantly observing and learning, to then bring back something truly pure and genuine, worth assimilating. There are moments in people's lives when artists feel that an art with revolutionary content is a necessity. So, no longer art for art's sake. We poets, musicians, painters, we creators of art...against those who preach disengagement and escapism...we feel that the people need artistic forms that call for unity to restore freedom and democracy to the country.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/table\u003e \nAt the entrance to the village, you can admire his famous majolica tiles depicting the \u003ca title=\"1828\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1828\"\u003e1828\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"Risorgimento\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Risorgimento\"\u003eRisorgimento\u003c\/a\u003e revolutionary uprisings that took place in Bosco. After his death in \u003ca title=\"1990\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1990\"\u003e1990\u003c\/a\u003e in Paris, a group of over 50 Spanish painters, writers, and sculptors paid tribute to him with an exhibition at the \u003ci\u003eVillanueva Gallery\u003c\/i\u003e in Madrid. \n\u003cdiv class=\"thumb tright\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbinner\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"thumbcaption\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"magnify\"\u003e Small majolica painted by Ortega located at the entrance of his house in \u003ca title=\"Woods (San Giovanni a Piro)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosco_(San_Giovanni_a_Piro)\"\u003eBosco\u003c\/a\u003e , on which one can read \"pintor\", painter\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e \nSome of his works were also donated to the \u003ca title=\"Savona\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Savona\"\u003eSavona\u003c\/a\u003e Art Museum named after \u003ca title=\"Sandro Pertini\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sandro_Pertini\"\u003eSandro Pertini\u003c\/a\u003e , his great friend. On September 15, \u003ca title=\"2010\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010\"\u003e2010\u003c\/a\u003e , the private art high school dedicated to the great painter was inaugurated in Bosco. On March 18, \u003ca title=\"2011\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011\"\u003e2011\u003c\/a\u003e , the \"Casa Ortega\" Museum was inaugurated in the same small Cilento village. His remains rest in \u003ca title=\"Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parigi\"\u003eParis\u003c\/a\u003e , in the \u003ca title=\"Montmartre Cemetery\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cimitero_di_Montmartre\"\u003eMontmartre Cemetery\u003c\/a\u003e .\n \nOrtega was an exponent of the pictorial realism that characterizes the work of many Italian painters, such as \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Guttuso\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guttuso\"\u003eGuttuso\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Joseph Migneco\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giuseppe_Migneco\"\u003eMigneco\u003c\/a\u003e , \u003ca title=\"Domenico Cantatore\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domenico_Cantatore\"\u003eCantatore\u003c\/a\u003e , and \u003ca title=\"Luigi Guerricchio\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luigi_Guerricchio\"\u003eGuerricchio\u003c\/a\u003e . He was called the \u003ci\u003epainter of the peasant world\u003c\/i\u003e for his constant attention to the lower classes, who always inspired his work; the Spanish poet \u003ca title=\"Rafael Alberti\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rafael_Alberti\"\u003eRafael Alberti\u003c\/a\u003e , taking inspiration from Ortega's \u003ci\u003eSegadores\u003c\/i\u003e , to whom he dedicated the poem \u003ci\u003eOrtega de segadores\u003c\/i\u003e , invented the term \u003ci\u003eortegano\u003c\/i\u003e to indicate the oppressive conditions experienced by Spanish peasants.\n \nIn \u003ca title=\"2014\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2014\"\u003e2014\u003c\/a\u003e , a laboratory museum dedicated to him, Casa Ortega \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Ortega_(artista)#cite_note-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e , was inaugurated in the house where he lived, in the \u003ca title=\"Sassi of Matera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sassi_di_Matera\"\u003eSassi of Matera\u003c\/a\u003e .","brand":"Genta silvia abbassata da 3000 a 1500€","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56215341334914,"sku":"GES001","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/ORTEGA.jpg?v=1768425918","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/jose-ortega-notturno","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}