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Trento Longaretti
Trento Longaretti
Born	September 27, 1916 (age 108); Treviglio (BG), Lombardy
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	Brera Academy
Known for	Painting, mosaic, fresco, stained glass

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Trento Longaretti is an Italian painter from Treviglio, in the Province of Bergamo in Lombardy. He studied at the Brera Academy in the 1930s, where he was taught by renowned artists including painters Aldo Carpi and Pompeo Borra, and sculptors Francesco Messina and Marino Marini. He says that painting is an "elixir for long life", and continues to paint and exhibit in his late 90s.

He was on the fringes of the Corrente movement started by his friends and classmates in the 1930s to oppose the Novecento Italiano movement that was influenced by Italian Fascism. He was drafted by the Italian Army in 1939, completing tours of duty that until 1945 interrupted his artwork though still enabling him to attend several exhibitions, including the Mostra degli artisti in armi exhibit at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.

In 1945, Longaretti married Elsa Ferrari, with whom he had three children. The themes of his post-war works involved more sacred art, and he adopted an anti-war stance and opposition to violence as a result of his wartime service, which features prominently in works depicting mothers opposing violence. Humility features in many of his works, including the depiction of characters such as beggars, vagrants, and vagabonds, and themes such as loneliness, abandonment, exile, pilgrimage, and poverty. He has stated that he prefers creating works that are "accessible and immediately enjoyable". His oil paintings have been described as dense and oily like those of Paul Cézanne, and his style having similarities to the fantasy settings of Marc Chagall and "pictorial culture" of Egon Schiele. His still life paintings have been described as "delicate and almost religious".

He became involved in the Italian figurative art movement of the mid 1900s. His growing stature as a painter in Italy led to exhibitions at increasingly prestigious events, such as the Venice Biennale and Rome Quadriennale. It ultimately led to Longaretti earning the "Chair of Painting" and becoming the director of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo in 1953, a position he held until retiring in 1978. He maintains a studio in the città alta of Bergamo and another in Corniglia within the Cinque Terre that he describes as one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Family

Longaretti was born on 27 September 1916 in the comune of Treviglio in the Province of Bergamo.^[1]^[2] He was the ninth of thirteen children^[3] of his father Alessandro Longaretti and mother Maria Casirati.^[1] His parents named him after another sibling named Trento who died in infancy before Longaretti's birth.^[4] One of his sisters was named Trieste.^[2]

In 1945 he married Elsa Ferrari, whom he had met before being drafted and deployed during World War II.^[1] They had three children, Serena born in 1946, Franco born in 1948, and Maddalena born in 1954.^[1]

In his late 90s, he was described by L'Eco di Bergamo as having a firm hand and a "mind that travels".^[3] Each Christmas, he presents a gift of a painting to each of his children.^[3]

Education

In primary school, he attributes his first grade teacher Maciocchi "understanding my primary talent in life", who nurtured his talent by giving him postcards to copy.^[2] From 1930 until his graduation in 1936 he attended the Liceo Artistico di Brera, an art-oriented high school in Milan.^[5]^[1] In 1933, Longaretti and his friend Gianluigi Uboldi embarked on a bicycle trip through Italy, starting in Milan and passing through Florence and Rome, to the east coast city of Pescara, then north along the east coast to Venice before returning to Milan.^[1] In 1934, they toured all of Sicily by bicycle.^[1]

He enrolled in the architecture program at the Polytechnic University of Milan and a fine arts program at Accademia di Brera in 1936, ultimately choosing to pursue the latter where he became a student of Aldo Carpi.^[5]^[6] He studied there until receiving his degree in 1939,^[7] during which time he was classmates with Arnaldo Badoli, Aldo Bergolli, Bruno Cassinari, Edmondo Dobrzanski, Felice Filippini, Ibrahim Kodra, Ennio Morlotti, and Italo Valenti.^[1]^[5] Some of his favourite professors included Carpi, sculptors Francesco Messina and Marino Marini, and painters Pompeo Borra and Mauro Reggiani.^[1] Throughout his studies at Brera he continued to reside in Treviglio, to which he would return by train each day once he completed that day's classes.^[8]

Longaretti first exhibited his works in 1936 in a series of "Littoriali dell’Arte" exhibitions and at various artist collectives in Bergamo, Genoa and Milan.^[5] It was at this time that Afro, Badoli, Bergolli, Renato Birolli, Carpi, Cassinari, Cherchi, Alfredo Chighine, Grosso, Renato Guttuso, Dino Lanaro, Giuseppe Migneco, Mantica, Morlotti, Aligi Sassu, Ernesto Treccani, Valenti, and Emilio Vedova (and later Giuseppe Ajmone and Kodra) established a movement against the Novecento Italiano ("l'antinovecentismo") to pursue opportunities offered by Cubism, a movement they named Corrente.^[8] Longaretti did not participate in many of the foundational group discussions or late night gatherings at Milan cafés because he returned to Treviglio after classes, but he spent most of his days with this group (particularly Morlotti, Birolli, Guttuso, Sassu, and Vedova)^[5] which would work on "Picassian paintings".^[8]

Morlotti, who was from Bergamo, and Longaretti established a friendship that would continue until Morlotti's death in 1999.^[9] As a result of this friendship, Morlotti participated in the Premio Bergamo in 1941 and 1942.^[9] Years later, Morlotti stated that the two friendships he valued most were those with Romano Trojani and Longaretti, the latter with whom he had spent much time discussing the river Adda passing through their hometown.^[10]

In the famous 15 December 1939 editorial in the movement's magazine Corrente, the group reiterated its anti-fascist commitment in opposition to the National Fascist Party headed by Benito Mussolini by promoting an artist project about "all aspects of the reality in which we live in our time in history", which Longaretti fully embraced by portraying themes of humility.^[11]

Career

Upon completion of his degree studies at Brera in early 1939, he was drafted by the Italian military for service in the Second World War.^[1] He was deployed to Slovenia, and later to Sicily and Albania, and when his tours of duty were complete, he would participate in art exhibitions.^[1] The war interrupted his art, but he resumed his painting at the end of the war, and also began working on frescoes, glass art, and mosaic art.^[12] In 1942, he exhibited works at the Venice Biennale and at the Mostra degli artisti in armi ("Artists in arms") exhibit at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome,^[5] where he presented 3 watercolours and 7 pen drawings all having a war theme.^[1] By this time, he was a sergeant for the Genio Ferrovieri.^[1] His first personal exhibition occurred in 1943 and was presented by Raffaello Giolli at the Galleria La Rotonda in Bergamo.^[7] He dedicated himself to teaching and the creation of works of sacred art (art with religious themes) in 1945.^[5] He would exhibit at the Venice Biennale again in 1948, 1950, and 1956,^[13] and was invited to exhibit at the Rome Quadriennale in 1952.^[5]

In 1953 he won a national competition to become the director at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, becoming its Chair of Painting and succeeding Achille Funi for the position.^[11]^[5] He would be its director until 1978.^[14]

He resides and works in both Bergamo in Lombardy and Cinque Terre in Liguria.^[13] He also owns a home in Framura, which he first visited in the 1970s.^[15] He maintains an "elegant studio" in the Città alta of Bergamo,^[3] which is jam-packed with paintings and books,^[4] and three in Corniglia,^[15] a frazione in the comune of Vernazza within Cinque Terre.^[16] He describes Cinque Terre, which he first visited in the 1970s after discussions with residents in Framura,^[15] as one of the most beautiful places in the world, particularly its terraces, vineyards, and mountains.{{sfn|Roncalli|2011} He considers it his adoptive home and returns there to paint when he needs tranquility, spending holidays and about four months a year there, as there is little tourism there to distract him.^[15] In 2002, he created two stained glass windows that he installed in the community's Church of San Pietro.^[15]^[16]

At the first studio he established in Corniglia, he still tends the land and harvests fruit from the trees.^[15] He enjoys walking along the terraces and through the countryside between his studios.^[15]

In 1964, he and other artists were invited to meet Pope Paul VI at the Sistine Chapel.^[17] In 2009, he was among the 500 artists in all fields (including painting, sculpture, cinema, theatre, dance, music, photography, and architecture) to receive an invitation from Gianfranco Ravasi, a cardinal and president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, to meet Pope Benedict XVI.^[17] The pope had requested the gathering to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the letter to artists written by Pope John Paul II in 1999 and to renew the relationship between the Catholic Church and artists.^[17]

Longaretti has stated that a young artist should persist because "if there is talent it will surely emerge",^[18] but also believes that one is born an artist.^[2] For him, painting is an "elixir for long life" that he cannot do without.^[19]

Style

He has stated that he prefers creating works that are "accessible and immediately enjoyable" by the public.^[18] Unlike his friend Morlotti, Longaretti had a more reserved political and religious demeanour, which would also establish itself in the subjects he chose for his art.^[10] He has been part of several movements, including Corrente and "Figurativismo Italiano", an Italian figurative art movement of the mid 1900s,^[20] the latter of which he is "an old master" according to journalist and art critic Giovanni Gazzeano.^[2] Sebastiano Grasso says the works Longaretti produces are in a range of styles between Corrente and expressionism echoing the styles of Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, and Chaim Soutine.^[2]

His works include oil paintings and watercolours.^[11] His brushwork is described as like that of Cézanne, dense and oily and somewhat analytical.^[12]^[21] In an exhibition catalogue for the Pinacoteca civica di Follonica starting October 2007, curator Paola Artoni stated that Longaretti's "pictorial culture" has striking parallels to the works of Egon Schiele and even Vincent van Gogh.^[21] She also stated that in his "Humana Pictura" exhibition, the works in the collection have a distinctive "painted mosaic" style.^[21]

Common themes in his art are beggars and vagrants, which he uses as a symbol for human frailty, and mothers opposing violence, characters that could be mistaken for the Madonna.^[5] His opposition to violence and anti-war themes in his art were acquired during his military service.^[5] Other themes include loneliness, abandonment, exile, pilgrimage, and poverty.^[22] Subjects often include wayfarers, runaways, actors, mimes, and musicians.^[15] He refers to the characters in his works as "figurines" who are hopeful, not desperate.^[15]

The characters in his works often reflect the "freedom of expression" characteristic of the Corrente movement, and are seemingly frozen in motion.^[12] They are the "representation of taciturn labours and sufferings of existence" in search of a more dignified fate,^[21] and are often depicted in enchanted or fantasy settings conceptually similar to the style of Marc Chagall.^[21]

Longaretti has also painted many still life portraits, described as "delicate and almost religious", symbolic of solitude and loneliness.^[5]

Exhibitions

His works have been exhibited worldwide, including at London, New York City, Paris, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Ottawa, Amsterdam, Monaco, and Stockholm. They often feature themes of "solitude, pilgrimage, exile, poverty in the suburbs, [and] dignity".^[6]

To celebrate his 90th birthday, the town of Treviglio created an exhibition of his works, organized by the Cassa Rurale, a local bank. The exhibition was displayed throughout October 2006.^[23] A similar exhibition was also organized in Bergamo, and was displayed at Sala Manzù in October 2006.^[23]

Notable exhibitions

1943, Galleria La Rotonda, Bergamo, his first personal exhibition^[5]
1999, Casa del Mantegna, house built by Andrea Mantegna that is currently the official seat of the cultural department of the province of Mantova^[5]
1999, Palace of Nations in Geneva^[5]
Humana Pictura, a travelling exhibition^[21]

Works

In 1944 Longaretti painted San Francesco libera le colombe ("Saint Francis liberates the doves") in the chapel of the Church of San Bernardino in Caravaggio, and donated the work to the city, which put it on display at the church.^[24] On the night of 27 March 1999, the painting and seven other works were stolen from the church by a Neopolitan man, who later sold them to an antique dealer from Abruzzo unaware of the theft.^[24] In 2008, the dealer requested Longaretti to appraise the painting, who reported the request to the police.^[24] The items were recovered and the Neapolitan man charged after a three month investigation.^[24]

Collections

Gallaries that hold collections of his work include the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and Pinacoteca Carrara in Bergamo, Galleria d’Arte Moderna and Museo della Permanente in Milan, and the Vatican Museums in Vatican City.^[19]^[21]

His sacred art is held in collections in churches, museums, and galleries throughout Italy and worldwide. His works are conserved or displayed at the Duomo di Milano, Duomo di Novara, the Vatican Museums,^[13]^[14] and the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio and Galleria d’Arte Sacra Contemporanea in Milan.^[1]

He has donated works to the Accademia Carrara.^[19]

Awards

Longaretti received the Mylius Award for his painting and the Stanga Award for his engraving in 1939 at the Academy of Brera.^[25]^[26]

In 2013 he received the "Madonna delle lacrime" award, an annual award presented by the city of Treviglio to honour individuals associated with the city who have distinguished themselves in volunteer, cultural, or sporting activities.^[27]

Legacy

His works of mother and child, which he states represent "one of the highest levels of love", have been criticized by feminists who state that the strong religious tones in his work and the desperation of the mothers in those works are "hostile to abortion laws".^[15]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Credito Bergamasco 2009, p. 60.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Egidi 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d L'Eco di Bergamo & December 2013.
^ ^a ^b Lynch 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta 2008, p. 2.
^ ^a ^b Civico Museo Parisi.
^ ^a ^b Galleria B&B Arte 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c Comune of Chiavenna 2012.
^ ^a ^b Credito Bergamasco 2011, p. 4.
^ ^a ^b Credito Bergamasco 2011, p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ArsKey Magazine 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c L.I.B.R.A. Arte Contemporanea 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c L'Eco di Bergamo.
^ ^a ^b Arsmedia Arte Contemporanea Italiana.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Re 2008.
^ ^a ^b Roncalli 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c L'Eco di Bergamo & November 2009.
^ ^a ^b L'Eco di Bergamo 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 2006.
^ Arte Cremona 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica 2007.
^ Civico Museo Parisi Valle 2007.
^ ^a ^b L'Eco di Bergamo 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d L'Eco di Bergamo 2008.
^ Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta 2008.
^ Archivi del novecento.
^ L'Eco di Bergamo & February 2013.

References

Egidi, Daria (24 April 2014). "Trento Longaretti". Retrieved 27 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Lynch, Jonah (January 2008). "Su quelle tele spunta il mistero della vita". Tracce (in Italian). 13 (1). Massimo Camisasca. Società Cooperativa Editoriale Nuovo Mondo. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
Re, Riccardo (3 January 2008). "Il pittore viandante che ama Corniglia". il Giornale. Retrieved 27 September 2014. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Roncalli, Emanuele (28 October 2011). "Cinque Terre distrutte dall'alluvione" (in Italian). L'Eco di Bergamo. Retrieved 25 September 2014. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
"29 . Brallo di Pergola - Brunellesco , 21/04/1939 - 15/11/1978". Unita Archivistica. Archivi del novecento. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
"Trento Longaretti - Olii e Acquerelli". ArsKey Magazine (in Italian). teknemedia.net/ArsValue. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Trento Longaretti". Artisti (in Italian). Arsmedia Arte Contemporanea Italiana. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
"Arte Cremona" (PDF) (in Italian). SG Peventi. March 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Comunicato stampa evento: Trento Longaretti - Antologica" (Press release) (in Italian). ArsValue and Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Comunicato stampa evento: Trento Longaretti – Opere inedite" (Press release) (in Italian). ArsValue and Civico Museo Parisi Valle. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Palazzo Vertemate - Mostra collettiva 'Ragazzi contro'" (in Italian). Comune of Chiavenna. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
Longaretti: La metafisica delle cose (PDF) (in Italian). Credito Bergamasco. Credito Bergamasco. September 2009.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: year (link)
"Morlotti - Trojani" (PDF) (in Italian). Credito Bergamasco. 2011. Retrieved 25 September 201425 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
"Trento Longaretti :Opere inedite" (in Italian). Civico Museo Parisi Valle - Maccagno. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

"Trento Longaretti". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2010. {{cite web}}: More than one of |work= and |newspaper= specified (help)
"L'omaggio di Treviglio a Trento Longaretti". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 3 October 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
"I carabinieri riconsegnano l'opera di Longaretti rubata". L'Eco di Bergamo. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
"Longaretti, Boni e Facchinetti incontrano Benedetto XVI". L'Eco di Bergamo. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
"Arte Fiera, Longaretti si racconta". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 16 January 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Festa del Miracolo". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 27 February 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"I ricordi di Trento Longaretti: il mio Natale da albero degli zoccoli". L'Eco di Bergamo (Interview) (in Italian). 23 December 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Antologica di Trento Longaretti" (PDF) (Press release) (in Italian). Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta. April 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Biografia" (in Italian). Galleria B&B Arte. April 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
"Comunicato stampa evento: Omaggio a Trento Longaretti" (Press release) (in Italian). ArsValue and Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Bergamo). 27 September 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
"Comunicato stampa evento: Trento Longaretti - Falso Movimento, Storia e Presente: un connubio possibile" (Press release) (in Italian). ArsValue and L.I.B.R.A. Arte Contemporanea. 21 April 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

External links

Trento Longaretti, a book about the artist published by Galleria Lorenzelli (Bergamo)

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[FOOTNOTEEgidi2014-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Egidi 2014.

[FOOTNOTEL'Eco_di_BergamoDecember_2013-3] L'Eco di Bergamo & December 2013.

[FOOTNOTELynch2008-4] Lynch 2008.

[FOOTNOTEFondazione_Antonio_Mazzotta20082-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta 2008, p. 2.

[FOOTNOTECivico_Museo_Parisi-6] Civico Museo Parisi.

[FOOTNOTEGalleria_B&B_Arte2004-7] Galleria B&B Arte 2004.

[FOOTNOTEComune_of_Chiavenna2012-8] Comune of Chiavenna 2012.

[FOOTNOTECredito_Bergamasco20114-9] Credito Bergamasco 2011, p. 4.

[FOOTNOTECredito_Bergamasco20116-10] Credito Bergamasco 2011, p. 6.

[FOOTNOTEArsKey_Magazine2009-11] ArsKey Magazine 2009.

[FOOTNOTEL.I.B.R.A._Arte_Contemporanea2007-12] L.I.B.R.A. Arte Contemporanea 2007.

[FOOTNOTEL'Eco_di_Bergamo-13] L'Eco di Bergamo.

[FOOTNOTEArsmedia_Arte_Contemporanea_Italiana-14] Arsmedia Arte Contemporanea Italiana.

[FOOTNOTERe2008-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Re 2008.

[FOOTNOTERoncalli2011-16] Roncalli 2011.

[FOOTNOTEL'Eco_di_BergamoNovember_2009-17] L'Eco di Bergamo & November 2009.

[FOOTNOTEL'Eco_di_Bergamo2012-18] L'Eco di Bergamo 2012.

[FOOTNOTEGalleria_d’Arte_Moderna_e_Contemporanea2006-19] Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 2006.

[FOOTNOTEArte_Cremona2014-20] Arte Cremona 2014.

[FOOTNOTECivica_Pinacoteca_di_Follonica2007-21] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica 2007.

[FOOTNOTECivico_Museo_Parisi_Valle2007-22] Civico Museo Parisi Valle 2007.

[FOOTNOTEL'Eco_di_Bergamo2006-23] L'Eco di Bergamo 2006.

[FOOTNOTEL'Eco_di_Bergamo2008-24] L'Eco di Bergamo 2008.

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 In 1953 he won a national competition to become the director at the [[Accademia Carrara]] in Bergamo, becoming its Chair of Painting and succeeding [[Achille Funi]] for the position.{{sfn|ArsKey Magazine|2009}}{{sfn|Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta|2008|p=2}} He would be its director until 1978.{{sfn|Arsmedia Arte Contemporanea Italiana}}
-He resides and works in both Bergamo in Lombardy and [[Cinque Terre]] in [[Liguria]].{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo}} He maintains an "elegant studio" in the Città alta of Bergamo,{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo|December 2013}} which is jam-packed with paintings and books,{{sfn|Lynch|2008}} and another in [[Corniglia]], a [[frazione]] in the [[comune]] of [[Vernazza]] within Cinque Terre.{{sfn|Roncalli|2011}} He describes Cinque Terre, which he first visited in the 1970s, as one of the most beautiful places in the world, particularly its terraces, vineyards, and mountains, and returns there to paint when he needs tranquility.{{sfn|Roncalli|2011}} He created two [[stained glass window]]s installed in the community's Church of San Pietro.{{sfn|Roncalli|2011}}
+He resides and works in both Bergamo in Lombardy and [[Cinque Terre]] in [[Liguria]].{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo}} He also owns a home in [[Framura]], which he first visited in the 1970s.{{sfn|Re|2008}} He maintains an "elegant studio" in the Città alta of Bergamo,{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo|December 2013}} which is jam-packed with paintings and books,{{sfn|Lynch|2008}} and three in [[Corniglia]],{{sfn|Re|2008}} a [[frazione]] in the [[comune]] of [[Vernazza]] within Cinque Terre.{{sfn|Roncalli|2011}} He describes Cinque Terre, which he first visited in the 1970s after discussions with residents in Framura,{{sfn|Re|2008}} as one of the most beautiful places in the world, particularly its terraces, vineyards, and mountains.{{sfn|Roncalli|2011} He considers it his adoptive home and returns there to paint when he needs tranquility, spending holidays and about four months a year there, as there is little tourism there to distract him.{{sfn|Re|2008}} In 2002, he created two [[stained glass window]]s that he installed in the community's Church of San Pietro.{{sfn|Re|2008}}{{sfn|Roncalli|2011}}
+At the first studio he established in Corniglia, he still tends the land and harvests fruit from the trees.{{sfn|Re|2008}} He enjoys walking along the terraces and through the countryside between his studios.{{sfn|Re|2008}}
 In 1964, he and other artists were invited to meet [[Pope Paul VI]] at the [[Sistine Chapel]].{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo|November 2009}} In 2009, he was among the 500 artists in all fields (including painting, sculpture, cinema, theatre, dance, music, photography, and architecture) to receive an invitation from [[Gianfranco Ravasi]], a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] and president of the [[Pontifical Council for Culture]], to meet [[Pope Benedict XVI]].{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo|November 2009}} The pope had requested the gathering to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the letter to artists written by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1999 and to renew the relationship between the [[Catholic Church]] and artists.{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo|November 2009}}
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 His works include [[oil painting]]s and [[watercolour]]s.{{sfn|ArsKey Magazine|2009}} His brushwork is described as like that of [[Paul Cézanne|Cézanne]], dense and oily and somewhat analytical.{{sfn|L.I.B.R.A. Arte Contemporanea|2007}}{{sfn|Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica|2007}} In an exhibition catalogue for the Pinacoteca civica di Follonica starting October 2007, curator Paola Artoni stated that Longaretti's "pictorial culture" has striking parallels to the works of [[Egon Schiele]] and even [[Vincent van Gogh]].{{sfn|Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica|2007}} She also stated that in his "Humana Pictura" exhibition, the works in the collection have a distinctive "painted mosaic" style.{{sfn|Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica|2007}}
-Common themes in his art are beggars and vagrants, which he uses as a symbol for human frailty, and mothers opposing violence, characters that could be mistaken for the [[Madonna (art)|Madonna]].{{sfn|Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta|2008|p=2}} His opposition to violence and anti-war themes in his art were acquired during his military service.{{sfn|Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta|2008|p=2}} Other themes include loneliness, abandonment, exile, pilgrimage, and poverty.{{sfn|Civico Museo Parisi Valle|2007}}
+Common themes in his art are beggars and vagrants, which he uses as a symbol for human frailty, and mothers opposing violence, characters that could be mistaken for the [[Madonna (art)|Madonna]].{{sfn|Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta|2008|p=2}} His opposition to violence and anti-war themes in his art were acquired during his military service.{{sfn|Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta|2008|p=2}} Other themes include loneliness, abandonment, exile, pilgrimage, and poverty.{{sfn|Civico Museo Parisi Valle|2007}} Subjects often include wayfarers, runaways, actors, [[mime]]s, and musicians.{{sfn|Re|2008}} He refers to the characters in his works as "figurines" who are hopeful, not desperate.{{sfn|Re|2008}}
 The characters in his works often reflect the "freedom of expression" characteristic of the Corrente movement, and are seemingly frozen in motion.{{sfn|L.I.B.R.A. Arte Contemporanea|2007}} They are the "representation of taciturn labours and sufferings of existence" in search of a more dignified fate,{{sfn|Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica|2007}} and are often depicted in enchanted or fantasy settings conceptually similar to the style of [[Marc Chagall]].{{sfn|Civica Pinacoteca di Follonica|2007}}
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 In 2013 he received the "Madonna delle lacrime" award, an annual award presented by the city of Treviglio to honour individuals associated with the city who have distinguished themselves in volunteer, cultural, or sporting activities.{{sfn|L'Eco di Bergamo|February 2013}}
+==Legacy==
+His works of mother and child, which he states represent "one of the highest levels of love", have been criticized by [[Feminism|feminists]] who state that the strong religious tones in his work and the desperation of the mothers in those works are "hostile to abortion laws".{{sfn|Re|2008}}
 ==Notes==
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 *{{cite web|url=http://www.cinquantamila.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=LONGARETTI%20Trento|title=Trento Longaretti|last=Egidi|first=Daria|publisher=|date=24 April 2014|accessdate=27 September 2014|ref=harv}}
 *{{cite journal|journal=Tracce|url=http://www.tracce.it/?id=266&id2=271&id_n=8141|title=Su quelle tele spunta il mistero della vita|trans_title=On those canvases springs the mystery of life|language=it|last=Lynch |first=Jonah|others=Massimo Camisasca|volume=13|issue=1|publisher=Società Cooperativa Editoriale Nuovo Mondo|year=January 2008|ref=harv}}
+*{{cite news|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/pittore-viandante-che-ama-corniglia.html|title=Il pittore viandante che ama Corniglia|last=Re|first=Riccardo|newspaper=[[il Giornale]]|date=3 January 2008|accessdate=27 September 2014|ref=harv}}
 *{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cronaca/242877_lalluvione_alle_cinque_terre_longaretti_la_mia_corniglia__salva/|title=Cinque Terre distrutte dall'alluvione|last=Roncalli|first=Emanuele|publisher=[[L'Eco di Bergamo]]|language=it|date=28 October 2011|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref=harv}}
 *{{cite web|url=http://catalogo.archividelnovecento.it/scripts/GeaCGI.exe?REQSRV=REQPROFILE&REQCARDTYPE=28&ID=490481576|title=29 . Brallo di Pergola - Brunellesco , 21/04/1939 - 15/11/1978|work=Unita Archivistica|publisher=Archivi del novecento|accessdate=26 September 2014|ref={{harvid|Archivi del novecento}} }}
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 *{{cite book|url=http://www.fondazionecreberg.it/editoriali/pdf_1255091808.pdf|title=Longaretti: La metafisica delle cose|others=Credito Bergamasco|publisher=Credito Bergamasco|year=September 2009|language=it|ref={{harvid|Credito Bergamasco|2009}} }}
 *{{cite web|url=http://www.fondazionecreberg.it/editoriali/pdf_1318431904.pdf|title=Morlotti - Trojani|publisher=Credito Bergamasco|language=it|date=2011|accessdate=25 September 201425 September 2014|ref={{harvid|Credito Bergamasco|2011}} }}
 *{{cite web|url=http://www.museoparisivalle.it/inglese/mostre_en/mostre_precedenti_en/longaretti/longaretti_en.htm|title=Trento Longaretti :Opere inedite|publisher=Civico Museo Parisi Valle - Maccagno|language=it|accessdate=15 January 2010|ref={{harvid|Museo Parisi Valle}} }}
-*{{cite web|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/dossiers/Personaggi/18/75/|title=Trento Longaretti|work=Personaggi di Bergamo|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=|accessdate=15 January 2010|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo}} }}
-*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cultura%20e%20Spettacoli/03_longaretti/|title=L’omaggio di Treviglio a Trento Longaretti|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=3 October 2006|accessdate=15 January 2010|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|2006}} }}
+*{{cite web|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/dossiers/Personaggi/18/75/|title=Trento Longaretti|work=Personaggi di Bergamo|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=|accessdate=15 January 2010|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo}} }}
-*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cronaca/22_longaretti/|title=I carabinieri riconsegnano l’opera di Longaretti rubata|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|date=22 October 2008|accessdate=27 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|2008}} }}
+*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cultura%20e%20Spettacoli/03_longaretti/|title=L’omaggio di Treviglio a Trento Longaretti|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=3 October 2006|accessdate=15 January 2010|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|2006}} }}
-*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cultura%20e%20Spettacoli/102300_gli_artisti_incontrano_benedetto_xvi_invitati_longaretti_boni_e_facchinetti/|title=Longaretti, Boni e Facchinetti incontrano Benedetto XVI|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|date=19 November 2009|accessdate=27 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|November 2009}} }}
+*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cronaca/22_longaretti/|title=I carabinieri riconsegnano l’opera di Longaretti rubata|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|date=22 October 2008|accessdate=27 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|2008}} }}
-*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cultura%20e%20Spettacoli/261699_arte_fiera_longaretti_si_racconta_e_d_un_consiglio_ai_giovani_artisti/|title=Arte Fiera, Longaretti si racconta|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=16 January 2012|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|2012}} }}
+*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cultura%20e%20Spettacoli/102300_gli_artisti_incontrano_benedetto_xvi_invitati_longaretti_boni_e_facchinetti/|title=Longaretti, Boni e Facchinetti incontrano Benedetto XVI|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|date=19 November 2009|accessdate=27 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|November 2009}} }}
-*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Tempo%20Libero/355215_festa_del_miracolo_treviglio__pronta/|title=Festa del Miracolo|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=27 February 2013|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|February 2013}} }}
+*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cultura%20e%20Spettacoli/261699_arte_fiera_longaretti_si_racconta_e_d_un_consiglio_ai_giovani_artisti/|title=Arte Fiera, Longaretti si racconta|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=16 January 2012|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|2012}} }}
-*{{cite interview|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cronaca/i-ricordi-di-trento-longaretti-il-mio-natale-da-albero-degli-zoccoli_1038513_11/|title=I ricordi di Trento Longaretti: il mio Natale da albero degli zoccoli|publisher=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=23 December 2013|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|December 2013}} }}
+*{{cite news|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Tempo%20Libero/355215_festa_del_miracolo_treviglio__pronta/|title=Festa del Miracolo|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=27 February 2013|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|February 2013}} }}
+*{{cite interview|url=http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/Cronaca/i-ricordi-di-trento-longaretti-il-mio-natale-da-albero-degli-zoccoli_1038513_11/|title=I ricordi di Trento Longaretti: il mio Natale da albero degli zoccoli|newspaper=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=23 December 2013|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref={{harvid|L'Eco di Bergamo|December 2013}} }}
 *{{cite press release|url=http://www.edizioni.mazzotta.it/doc/ufficiostampa/000050Longaretti_Milano_cs.pdf|title=Antologica di Trento Longaretti|publisher=Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta|language=it|date=April 2008|accessdate=25 September 2014|ref={{harvid|Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta|2008}} }}
 *{{cite web|url=http://www.bebarte.com/artista.asp?id=6|title=Biografia|publisher=Galleria B&B Arte|language=it|date=April 2004|accessdate=15 January 2010|ref={{harvid|Galleria B&B Arte|2004}} }}

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