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Foundation
Giorgio De Chirico
The
De Chirico foundation is situated in the
apartment where
Giorgio
De Chirico live in Italy, in the Baroque Palazzetto dei
Borgognoni in Rome's Piazza di Spagna n°31 which was originally the
home of a seventeenth-century Burgundian (Borgognoni) family, painters,
the Courtois, and later home to assorted Grand Tourists, including
Swiss artists and English writers.
In 1947, the ageing metaphysical painter moved into the Palazzetto,
living there until his death, aged 90, in 1978.
Now the property of the Fondazione Giorgio e Isa De Chirico, formed in
1986 to promote continued interest in the artist's work, the apartment
was opened to the public for the second time last june after a
lengthy restoration.
The eccentric painter's hatred of the avant garde is reflected by
his apartment's decor, an eclectic mix of reproduction empire and
conservative modern furniture.
The principal rooms are hung with De Chirico's own late paintings,
some executed in neo-Classical style, others returning to motifs from
the Piazze d'Italia series of his youth.
Bare and spartan, De Chirico's studio, on the apartment's top
floor, has the feel of a working environment, with an easel bearing
his last work in progress.
A selection of De
Chirico paintings on exhibit in the house-museum
Giorgio de Chirico
(1888-1978) born in Volos, Greece, to Italian parents,
studied art in Athens, Munich and Paris before moving back to Italy
where, together with Carlo Carrą, he created the Pittura
Metafisica (metaphysical painting). go
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