Senza titolo Painting by Umberto Lilloni

He was born in Milan where his father, originally from Medola, had moved there about twenty years earlier to practice cabinet-making and the furniture trade. He spent his early childhood in a typical Milanese popular neighborhood. At the age of 16, his father put him in charge of the establishment, but due to his restless nature, he preferred to undertake naval engineering studies, studies which he interrupted to study drawing at the Umanitaria craft school. During these studies he discovered his vocation for painting. A vocation bitterly opposed by his surly father who cut off his food and kicked him out of the house. In 1915 he enrolled at the Brera Academy. His first teachers were the disheveled caricaturist Bignami and the academic from Cremona Rapetti. Inflamed by socialist ideals, the young Lilloni increases his paternal concerns by participating in rallies, in clashes with the police, and even ending up in prison in San Vittore. In 1917 he was drafted into the infantry assault units during the First World War. After the war he enrolled again at the Brera Academy under the guidance of Tallone and Alciati. In 1922 he was awarded the prize of the Hayez Pensioner. From this moment the history of his life will coincide perfectly with that of his painting. He too warns the problem of overcoming post-impressionist painting and, for a short season, approaches the ideas and research of the "twentieth century" welcoming the lessons of the ancients with an original poetic attitude. He soon realizes that the twentieth-century trend is tainted by extra-tactical interests and is, basically, incongruous with his temperament. However, he resumed the study of his beloved Emilio Gola, of the great Lombard pictorial tradition. And here finally, around 1930, the first experiences of that "painting with a clear background" which will become the royal road of his art. In 1927 he was awarded the Prince Umberto prize. From 1927 to 1941 Lilloni taught at the Brera Academy, and from 1941 to 1962 he was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Parma. He became a friend of professor Oreste Marini, leader of Mantua Chiarism, whom he frequented at his home in Castiglione delle Stiviere, pictorially resuming the places of origin of his Medolese father. Lilloni was never a great traveller, however in 1949, at the suggestion of his friend Carlo Cardazzo, he undertook a trip to Sweden and stayed for a few months in Stockholm. In the 1970s he settled in Switzerland, where he spent much of his last years of life. Flight into Egypt, c.1961. (collection of the Cariplo Foundation). In this work there is a stylistic trend of oriental inspiration. He was known to be among the greatest exponents of the Lombard Chiarism. The brightness and chromatic delicacy characterize his paintings, mainly landscapes. A minor component of his painting consists of a curtain

• Nationality: ITALY
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains: Represented by a Gallery,
• Groups: Contemporary Italian Artists Artists presented by a gallery