Giovanni Battista Crema
Italian painter (1883–1964)
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Giovanni Battista Crema (1883–1964) was an Italian painter.[1]
Biography
Crema was born in Ferrara in 1883.[2] In 1889 he moved to Naples to study under Michele Cammarano and Domenico Morelli at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.[3][4] He then moved to Bologna to finish his studies. From 1903 to 1964 he lived in Rome.[5]
He mainly painted social subjects with symbolist style. He was influenced by Gaetano Previati.[6]
His work is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[7] the Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Italy,[8] the Ascoli Piceno Museum at Palazzo dell'Arengo, Ascoli Piceno, Marche,[9] and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona in Tortona, Italy.[10]