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The documented career of Giulio Vittini encompasses painting, monumental decoration and decorative arts: mosaic, fresco, stage design, urban projects, and ceramic and faience workshops mark its various stages. Admitted to the Royal Academy of Rome, he graduated with first prize, described as a “Gold Medal”. In 1914, he enlisted as a Garibaldian volunteer and received the French Croix de guerre. In Rome, in 1920, he created the 6 × 3 metre mosaic decoration “Glory to the Fatherland” for the monument to Victor-Emmanuel II, then frescoed the walls of the Ducal Hall in the Vatican in 1921. He also worked for three years as a set designer and decorator at La Scala in Milan. In 1924, he exhibited at the Geri Gallery in Milan.
Having settled in Montbéliard in 1930, he was engaged by the historian Émile Blazer to contribute to the city’s decoration. For the celebrations marking the centenary of Georges Cuvier, he created decorations for the streets under the direction of the architect Hézard and in collaboration with the painter Henri Sauldubois. He introduced a technique involving transparent decorations, illuminated from within at night. In 1933, he founded “l’Atelier”, a school of painting and decorative art located in the Château de Montbéliard. In 1935, he made his debut at the Salon des artistes français with the painting “Les Dolomites”; the press reported a favourable reception. In 1947, he founded “Le Diairi”, a ceramic decoration workshop. The following year, large paintings entitled “La bonne cuisine française” were installed at the La Crémaillère restaurant in New York; in 1950, he created eight paintings for the Stations of the Cross in the church of Beaulieu, in the Doubs.
After arriving in Hyères in 1951, Vittini established a faience-decorating workshop there. In 1956, he decorated the chapel of Les Borrels, dedicated to Saint Lambert. The following year, a large painting devoted to Hyères and its past was installed in the town hall’s grand staircase; other large paintings, inspired by the life of Maurin des Maures as depicted in Jean Aicard’s work, were installed in the town hall of Bormes-les-Mimosas. In 1955, he presented an exhibition on Corsica at the Toulon Museum. Drawings and paintings by the artist are held at the Musée Beurnier, following a donation by Émile Blazer, and at the museum of the Château des ducs de Würtemberg in Montbéliard.
This profile brings together identity references for Giulio Vittini and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
"La Meije. 3983 m".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-11-10
Published result : 850 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200
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Faraglioni-Felsen vor Capri.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 3600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2400
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Oil on canvas
Orientalische Marktszene.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 30000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Oil on canvas
Fischer im Hafen.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
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