Frasi di Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi è stato un pittore e incisore italiano.

Fu uno dei protagonisti della pittura italiana del Novecento ed è considerato tra i maggiori incisori mondiali del secolo.La sua pittura si può definire unica e universalmente riconosciuta; celebri le sue nature morte olio su tela, dove la luce rappresenta il fondamento delle sue opere. L'apparente semplicità dei contenuti viene esaltata dalla qualità pittorica.

Morandi ha vissuto in via Fondazza, a Bologna, con la madre e le tre sorelle Anna, Dina e Maria Teresa.

Morandi dipinse sempre nella sua stanza di via Fondazza. Solamente quando costruirono nel 1960 la casa estiva a Grizzana Morandi , ebbe un vero e proprio studio; di fronte a questa casa si trovano i tre Fienili del Campiaro, soggetto frequente nelle tele del pittore. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Luglio 1890 – 18. Giugno 1964
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“Della mia permanenza all'Accademia di Belle Arti debbo dire, per la verità, che gli insegnamenti che mi venivano impartiti non ebbero altro effetto che di porre il mio spirito in uno stato di profondo disagio. Ben dopo di ciò che ora serve alla mia arte vi appresi.”

18 febbraio 1928
Origine: Autobiografia da L'Assalto, settimanale della federazione fascista di Bologna, dalla rubrica Autobiografie di scrittori e artisti del tempo fascista, 18 febbraio 1928, p. 3; in Lettere, a cura di Lorella Giudici, Abscondita, 2004, ISBN 978-88-8416-322-6

“Esprimere ciò che è nella natura cioè nel mondo visibile è la cosa che maggiormente mi interessa.”

Origine: Da un'intervista rilasciata a La voce dell'America, 25 aprile 1957.

Giorgio Morandi: Frasi in inglese

“Perhaps I will have photographs taken of the still life with the round table and of the other with oranges and the [piece of] furniture behind.”

in his letter to the Bolognese writer Raimondi of September 11, 1919; as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 102
Morandi was referring to some still life paintings he recently made, and he pressed Raimondi to lend him the monograph of Cézanne (written by Vollard and published in 1914).
1925 - 1945

“If you only knew…. how much I want to work… I have some new ideas that I would like to try out. [a few days before Monrandi's death in 1964]”

a remark to Roberto Longhi, in 1964; as quoted in 'Morandi 1894 – 1964', published by Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco - 2008; p. 338
1945 - 1964

“A white bottle is all that remain.”

a remark to Lamberto Vitali in 1962; as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, published by Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco - 2008; p. 280
referring to the small grooved white bottle https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/morandi-still-life-n05782, returning frequently in his many still life's, he painted between 1950 – 1960
1945 - 1964

“.. before I die I should like to bring two paintings to completion. What matters is to touch the limit, the essence of things.”

in an interview, Sept. 1939; as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 44
1925 - 1945

“The feelings and images aroused by the visible world are very difficult to express or are perhaps inexpressible with words because they are determined by forms, colors, space and light.”

in an interview with L. Vitali, 1957; as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, published by Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco - 2008; p. 295
1945 - 1964

“I also believe there is nothing more surreal and nothing more abstract than reality.”

from an interview, 1955; as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 38
1945 - 1964

“Among the ancient painters, the Tuscan's are the ones that interest me more: above all Giotto and Massacio [in early Renaissance]. Of the modern painters I think that Corot, Courbet, Fattori, and Cezanne are the most legitimate heirs to the glorious Italian tradition.”

Quote from an article in the Bolognese fascist magazine 'L'Assalto', 18 Febr. 1928; as cited in 'Morandi 1894 – 1964', published by Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco - 2008; p. 107
1925 - 1945

“My only source of instruction has always been the study of works, whether of the past or contemporary artists, which can offer us an answer to our questions if we formulate these properly... I would never be of much use as a guide or instructor, nor have I ever wanted to be one, even when I have been asked to undertake the job [still, Morandi was art professor - etchings - at the Art Academy of Bologna for many years].”

the text of this interview was later examined by Morandi and approved in the English translation
interview with Edouard Roditi, in 'Dialogues in Art', 1960; as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, published by Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco - 2008; p. 250
1945 - 1964

“.. it is only in this way, or almost, that a portrait can be painted today [because] all the things punt into the picture have the same importance, they are in the right place.”

Quote of Morandi on a self-portrait by the painter Henri Rousseau; as cited in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 54
1925 - 1945

“Let us hope that these dark days [Summer in 1943 when Morandi took refuge from the war in Grizanna where he remained on his own for a year] will be followed by better ones. I work, but these continual worries are extremely tiring, believe me. I should like to see you again..”

in a letter to his friend Roberto Longhi (1943); as quoted in 'Morandi 1894 – 1964', published by Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco - 2008; p. 198
1925 - 1945

“He [ Jackson Pollock ] just jumps in before he knows how to swim. [when Morandi sees paintings of Pollock for the first time]”

in Morandi 1894 – 1964, published by Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco - 2008; p. 298
1945 - 1964

“Among the painters of our day who have helped me develop are Carlo Carra [famous Futurist painter] and Ardengo Soffici; their work and writings have in my opinion been a beneficial influence on where Italian art is going today.”

in Autobiografia, G. Morandi; (1928); as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 44
1925 - 1945

“This enabled me to understand the need to abandon myself totally to my instinct, trusting my own energy and forgetting any preconceived style while I work.”

in Autobiografia, G. Morandi (1928); as quoted in Morandi 1894 – 1964, ed: M. C. Bandera & R. Miracco, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, 2008; p. 31
1925 - 1945

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