Felice Carena
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Felice Carena (13 August 1879 – 10 June 1966) was an Italian painter.
Biography[]
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Felice Carena, Descent from the Cross, 1937-1938 ca, Museo Civico di Modena
Born at Cumiana, he studied in the Turin's Accademia Albertina, where he attended symbolist poets such as Arturo Graf and . In 1906 he moved to Rome and in 1912 he exhibited his works at the Biennale di Venezia. In 1913–1915 he began to be influenced by the style of Cézanne and Matisse; in the World War I period Carena lived in Anticoli Corrado, a hamlet outside Rome.
In 1922 he created in Rome an art school and, two years later, he began to teach in the Florence Academy. In 1945 he moved to Venice, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Painters who studied under Carena include Giuseppe Capogrossi.
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Categories:
- 1879 births
- 1966 deaths
- People from the Province of Turin
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 20th-century Italian painters
- Accademia Albertina alumni
- Artists from Venice