Giovanni Omiccioli
| Giovanni Omiccioli | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 25, 1901 Rome, Italy |
| Died | March 1, 1975 (aged 74) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Scuola Romana |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work |
Partita di calcio in periferia, (Soccer game in the suburbs, 1949) |
| Movement | Contemporary |
| Awards | Marzotto Prize |
Partita di calcio in periferia, (Soccer game in the suburbs, 1949)
Giovanni Omiccioli (February 25, 1901 – March 1, 1975), was an Italian painter belonging to the modern movement of the Scuola romana (Roman School), with a dynamic paintwork representing soccer games and sports scenes.
Having joined the Scuola Romana movement, in 1928, Omiccioli collaborated especially with Mario Mafai and Antonietta Raphael, as well as with Scipione and Raffaele Frumenti. His pictorial activity started in 1934 and a few years afterwards, he exhibited work at the IV Mostra del Sindacato Fascista (1937) within the Fine Art circle. In the same period he held his personal expo at Apollo Gallery in Rome.
Omiccioli was also active in politics and, with Mario Mafai, Guttuso and Afro, he created the first header of the Italian communist newspaper L’Unità in 1945, immediately after the Italian Liberazione. During the same year he exhibited at the I Mostra dell’Arte against barbarism, promoted by this newspaper at the Gallery of Rome with catalogue by Antonello Trombadori, presenting a dramatic political painting by the title La fucilazione di Bruno Buozzi (The Fusillading of Bruno Buozzi).
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