1. Roberto Longhi was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator.
11 Facts About Roberto Longhi
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Roberto Longhi studied with Pietro Toesca, in Turin, and Adolfo Venturi in Rome.
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In 1951, Roberto Longhi curated a ground-breaking exhibition on Caravaggio at the Royal Palace in Milan, Mostra di Caravaggio e dei Caravaggeschi.
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Whilst establishing himself as a notable Caravaggio scholar, Roberto Longhi retained a lively interest in Piero della Francesca, editing a monograph in 1928, representing him as the leading painter of the Quattrocento.
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Roberto Longhi believed Piero della Francesca played a decisive role in the development of Venetian painting.
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Between 1920 and 1922, Roberto Longhi made a Grand Tour of Europe.
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Roberto Longhi never visited Russia, nor some American collections, like the Kress Collection of the National Gallery, Washington.
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Roberto Longhi rekindled interest in a large number of followers of Caravaggio, such as Hendrick ter Brugghen and some painters from Ferrara.
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In 1950, Roberto Longhi co-founded and edited with his wife Anna Banti Paragone, a bi-monthly magazine on art and literature still running to this day.
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Roberto Longhi curated a number of exhibitions, including Mostra della pittura bolognese del Trecento ; I pittori della realta in Lombardia ; and Arte lombarda dai Visconti agli Sforza.
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Roberto Longhi died on 3 June 1970, and is buried at Cimitero degli Allori in Florence.