Cagnaccio di San Pietro (1897 - 1946)
1897-01-14Desenzano del Garda, Italy1946-05-29Venice, ItalyItaly
Cagnaccio di San Pietro
Cagnaccio di San Pietro, real name Natale Bentivoglio Scarpa, Italian painter of magical realism. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice.
Cagnaccio di San Pietro in the beginning of his creative activity devoted to salon painting, was fond of futurism, then worked for a long time as a representative of the Italian variant of the New Realism. His work is characterised by portraits, nudes, still lifes, paintings of religious content and domestic subjects.
Date and place of birt: | 14 january 1897, Desenzano del Garda, Italy |
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Date and place of death: | 29 may 1946, Venice, Italy |
Nationality: | Italy |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Genre art, Nude art, Portrait, Religious genre, Still life |
Art style: | Futurism, Magic realism, New Objectivity |