Giacomo Delcroix
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Giacomo Delcroix was born in Florence, Italy, on 28 November 1894 of Giuseppe Delcroix, contractor of Belgian origin, and Ida Corbi daughter of artisans.[4] After living and having completed his first studies in Livorno, he returns to Florence with his parents and brother Carlo Delcroix, who will become a well-known military, politician, skilled orator, writer and President of the National Association for disabled people of war and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In the early ten years he studied at the Istituto statale d'arte di Firenze, together with, among others, Ottone Rosai, Francesco Chiappelli and Pietro Parigi.[5] Among his masters we remember the painter Giacomo Lolli (1857–1915) and the painter and decorator Luigi Cavalieri (1869–1940), both from Bologna, and the ceramist Carlo Guerrini (1880–1930).[6] His first known works date back to the early 1920s but it was only in the 30s and 40s that Delcroix reached full artistic maturity, exhibiting in famous locations and art galleries in Florence such as Palazzo Pitti with the National Association of Artist and the International Association of Lyceum Clubs and with well-known artists such as Alfredo Bonciani (1902–1988), Lucio Cargnel (1903–1998), Vinicio Berti (1921–1991) and Gregorio Sciltian (1900–1985) in the main Italian cities including Milan, Rome, Venice, Genoa, Padua. Gifted with great technique, he was also an excellent restorer. He died in Florence in 1972 and was buried in monumental Cimitero delle Porte Sante near San Miniato al Monte.[7][8]