Guglielmo Micheli
{{Short description|Italian painter (1866–1926)}}
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Guglielmo Micheli (October 12, 1866 – September 7, 1926) was an Italian painter. Micheli's work consisted mainly of landscapes and seascapes using oils and watercolors.[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-micheli_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani Encyclopedia] Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 74 (2010); biography by Laura Mocci.
Biography
Micheli was born in Livorno. He was awarded a stipend named in honor of artist Michelangelo Bastoni, allowing him to enroll at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, where he was a pupil of Natale Betti. The school was then directed by Giovanni Fattori. He frequently wrote to Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo,[http://www.costaovest.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5050:collesalvetti-epistolario-tra-guglielmo-micheli-e-pelizza-da-volpedo-scoperto-da-francesca-cagianelli&catid=38:cultura&Itemid=37 conference] about the letters between Micheli and Pelizza da Volpedo who had been a fellow student at the academy, along with Plinio Nomellini, Mario Puccini, Francesco Fanelli, and Ferruccio Pagni.L. Mocci, Treccani Encyclopedia. Influenced by Volpedo and others, Micheli initially painted in a style recalling the Macchiaioli painters, before developing his own style. He also made engravings and designed illustrations for books.
In 1888, he married Guglielmina Paganucci, granddaughter of the prominent sculptor of Livorno, Giovanni Paganucci.L. Mocci, Treccani Encyclopedia.
His most prominent pupil was Amedeo Modigliani. Among his other pupils were Llewelyn Lloyd, Giulio Cesare Vinzio, Manlio Martinelli, Gino Romiti, Renato Natali and occasionally Oscar Ghiglia (painter).[http://pegaso.comune.livorno.it/index/permanente.php Pinacoteca Livorno] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111626/http://pegaso.comune.livorno.it/index/permanente.php |date=2018-05-22 }} short biography.
[http://www.800artstudio.com/en/micheli.php 800artstudio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193851/http://www.800artstudio.com/en/micheli.php |date=2014-01-02 }} biography by Gioela Massagli, and translated by: Catherine Biggerstaff.
Micheli died in Livorno on September 7, 1926.
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Selected paintings
Image:Micheli Coppia di buoi bianchi.jpg|White Oxen
Image:Micheli porto di Livorno.jpg|Port of Livorno
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Category:19th-century Italian painters
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Category:19th-century Italian male artists
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