Word: morandi
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...down the lines of monumental canvases, critics felt that modern Italian painting had not yet shaken off its shroud. Artists included Giorgio ("Horses") de Chirico, whose work is more frequently identified with Paris than with Rome; Playwright Luigi Pirandello's son Fausto; and the pride of Bologna, Giorgio Morandi, who ponders life so deeply that in his 46 years he has produced less than 20 pictures, most of them still lifes of bottles, candlesticks, tea cups...