Eso Pelluzi

Eso Pelluzi (1894 – 1985) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Eso Peluzzi was born in Cairo Montenotte. His father was a prominent luthier and his mother a photographer. He enrolled at the Accademia Albertina of Turin and was a pupil of Paolo Gaidano and Giacomo Grosso. In 1919 he moved to the neighborhood of the Santuario di Savona. In 1922, he had a personal exhibit at the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti of Turin, and in 1923 he displays at the VII Esposizione autunnale d’arte of Como. From 1926 to 1948, he participated at the Venetian Biennali, and the Quadriennali of Rome. His works also accompanied displays of Italian Art shown at Baltimore, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Budapest, and Paris. He had his work displayed in Modern Art Museums in Geneva, Florence, Turin, Rome, Belgrade, and Budapest.

Between 1936 and 1938, along with the painter Mario Gambetta, he painted frescoes depicting the History of Savona for the sala consiliare of the Comune. In 1971, he was honored by the city, and in 2008, Savona inaugurated an permanent exhibition of his work at the Antico Ospizio del Santuario, where he lived for some years. He died in Turin and was buried in Monchiero in the Cuneo.^[1]

His work shows the influence of Matisse and post-impressionism.

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