Baccio Maria Bacci
Baccio Maria Bacci (1888 - 1974) was an Italian painter of the Tuscan Novocento movement. He also published various books on contemporary art movements.
St Francis preaches to birds
Biography[]
He was born in Florence, he traveled to Paris in 1908. He returned to Florence in 1910 and exhibited with , gaining the encouragement of Emilio Cecchi, Thomas Neal, and Matteo Marangoni. During 1913-1918, he painted in a style influenced by the Futurists, with canvases titled Aeropittoriche. In his later years, he painted for a number of churches and created mosaic designs.[1]
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San Giuseppe Calasanzio mosaic
References[]
- ^ Accadde in Toscana: L'arte visiva dal 1915 al 1940, by Tommaso Paloscia, page 48.
Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1974 deaths
- 20th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- Painters from Florence