THEThe sun in the fields of the Maremma, the clouds of the Tuscan skies, the rural scenes and the battles. Everything translates into poetry and painting, in the artistic revolution of Giovanni Fattori. Who, 200 years after birth, is honored by his Livorno with the most important exhibition ever. A perfect opportunity to discover (and rediscover) a nineteenth -century visionary artist and in advance of the times like few others.
The new retrospective on Giovanni Fattori
Livornese born in 1825, the painter is the absolute protagonist of the artistic revolution of Macchiaioli. The pictorial movement that broke the academic rules and brought the sun into the canvases with dense brush strokes, lives, dynamics like emotions. Giovanni Fattori. A revolution in paintingedited by Vincenzo Farinellait is the exhibition that celebrates its 200 years from birth in 200 works. The set -up is also an opportunity to admire the salons and decorative details of the Villa dei Mimbelliwithout neglecting his splendid park that hosts majestic centuries -old trees.
An unmissable exhibition between unpublished and famous works
Those who love art and stories outside the usual clichés cannot lose this exhibition. An immersion in painting, but also in an idea of freedom, which today resounds more current than ever. Why Factors With his art (from large epic paintings to small preparatory studies) it reminds us that beauty is never conventional. Shines through in the light of whitesin the fatigue of butter who accompany the Maremma herds. In the clouds that stretch on a field, in the silence of the soldiers after the battle.
The exhibition at Villa Mimbelli, Livorno. (Photo Courtesy of Press Office)
“Fattori specializes as a military genre painter” tells us exclusively the curator Vincenzo Farinella (full professor of History of modern art and iconology and iconography at the University of Pisa) «The funny thing is that he almost never paints the victories, which are few and without heroes, but the defeats. The ardor of the war is perceived on the canvas, which confuses won and winners, good and bad ».
Today, exactly two centuries after its birth, the city of Livorno He pays homage to them with an unprecedented exhibition. Inaugurated on 6 September at the headquarters of Giovanni Fattori Civic Museumis an exciting path through over 200 works between paintings, sketches, drawings and etchings. Some very famous, some unpublished, others never exposed for decades.
Revolution on the tip of the brush
Master of the simple rural scenes, but extraordinarily evocative. Fattori is a painter who observes, reflects, breaks the patterns of late nineteenth century. The exhibition follows a chronological order that stages the change and mature of the artist, in an exciting story in images. He does it with a strong identity, rooted in his Livorno (where he was born on September 6, 1825 in via della Coroncina), historically indomitable cities with a rebellious spirit. Which acts as a perfect background to the exhibition, with the series of initiatives entitled W factors. First of all, there are i Tour to discover the painter’s places Between beauty, culture and good food.
In addition, to enrich the experience, the collateral events dedicated to all generations. Ranging from concerts at conferences, up to drawing courses to book presentations on the theme and guided tours for the little ones. Without forgetting the workshop as Hands and voices for a hat (inspired by the characteristic accessory from which the artist never separated) and that of Cyanotype Botany. Here the complete list and the ways to register and here the map with the places to see.
Giovanni Fattori. A revolution in painting. From 6 September 2025 to 11 January 2026 at Villa Mimbelli – Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum, Livorno.