Great Art on Screen: Painting the Soul of the 20th Century: Pellizza Da Volpedo

TICKET PRICES
$18 / Students under age 25 $10

December 1, 2025 Noon and 7PM

Every era has a special art style. An artist must study the society he lives in as well as understand his own skill. – Giuseppe Pellizza

This docu-film tells the story of the tormented life of divisionist painter Giuseppe Pellizza (1868-1907), famous for his work The Fourth Estate – shown to the public for the first time at the 1902 Turin Quadriennale and housed today at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (Modern Art Gallery) in Milan – as well as for his ability to study the soul and human society.

Exploring the places he lived in as well as his artistic sensitivity, with Fabrizio Bentivoglio as our guide and “narrative consciousness”, this documentary reveals the artist’s emotions and his vision of reality through a sophisticated use of shots from different angles inspired by the colors in his paintings.

Pellizza’s tragic end is part of the story and makes the emotional bond between the viewer and the artist’s work all the more profound.

Great Art on Screen is a series of on-screen film event documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time.