Museo Diotti

The Museo Diotti is an art group and museum displaying 19th and 18th century art, positioned on Via Formis 17 inside the historical middle of Casalmaggiore, province of Lombardy, Italy. The museum, opened in 2007, is located within the palace as soon as owned by way of the nearby painter Giuseppe Diotti. After a a hit career, the painter moved back to Casalmaggiore past due in existence; and in 1838, he had the architect Fermo Zuccari restructure the palace. By 1865, the shape had grow to be a nearby gallery, but then through the years functioned as a nursing domestic, college, and civic library.

The museum has one wing at the piano nobile showing works from the 19th century, many by means of Diotti himself, and keeping the rooms as they could have seemed when he lived, taught, and painted there. The show includes works by way of Marcantonio Ghislina, Francesco Antonio Chiozzi, Paolo Araldi, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Tommaso Aroldi, Gaetano Previati, and Amedeo Bocchi. In the north facet of the building are displayed works by means of specifically nearby artists of the 20^th century, along with Mario Beltrami, Gianfranco Manara, Tino Aroldi, and Goliardo Padova.