Camilla Marazzi

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Camilla Marazzi
Born(1885-04-26)26 April 1885
Lugano, Switzerland
Died(1911-10-00)October 1911
Rome
Nationality Italian
Occupation Painter

Camilla Marazzi (26 April 1885 in Lugano, Switzerland - October 1911 in Rome) was an Italian artist who died at a young age.

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Biography

Ritratto di ragazza (Portrait of a girl), charcoal, Civic museum of Crema Marazzi Ritratto di ragazza.jpg
Ritratto di ragazza (Portrait of a girl), charcoal, Civic museum of Crema

Marazzi was the daughter of Antonio Marazzi, a diplomat and anthropologist. She was also the niece of Fortunato Marazzi, a soldier, writer and senator. Marazzi was born in Lugano, Switzerland, where his father was on duty. She began to paint as a child. In 1901 her talent brought her under the tutelage of Giuseppe Ferrari in his atelier in Rome. In 1905 her health began to fail and she was misdiagnosed with tuberculosis. She had complex surgery and then left Rome to recover in her family villa in Moscazzano, near Crema. Further health problems forced her to come back to Rome for additional treatment. Unfortunately, she died in surgery at the age of twenty-six. [1] [2]

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Giuseppe Ferrari (1840–1905) was an Italian painter.

Artistic production

Her early death prevented Marazzi from reaching fame and artistic success. Nevertheless, she is now remembered as a good portraitist. Her artwork, generally charcoal, crayon and pencil portraits, vaguely symbolic-tasting, are "visions purified by the crayon technique in a tiny and lyric realism where psyche secrets run into the unfathomable mystery of faith". [3]

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Crayon drawing implement

A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk or other material used for writing or drawing. A crayon made of pigment with a dry binder is a pastel; when made of oiled chalk, it is called an oil pastel. A grease pencil or Chinese marker is made of colored hardened grease. There are also watercolor crayons, sometimes called water-soluble crayons.

The Civic Museum of Crema displays three portraits by Marazzi. [4] [5]

Civic Museum of Crema

The Civic Museum of Crema is an Italian museum, located in Crema.

In the same location an exhibit of her artwork took place in 1972. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ C. Alpini, Pittori e scultori cremaschi dell'Ottocento, Crema, 2008.
  2. 1 2 Camilla Marazzi, Crema, 1972.
  3. ↑ R. Bettinelli, La nostalgia illustre. Arte cremasca tra '800 e '900, Crema, 2006.
  4. ↑ Museo civico di Crema e del Cremasco. Sezione di arte moderna e contemporanea, Crema, 1995.
  5. ↑ List and information about the artworks on www.lombardiabeniculturali.it

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