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“The colour<\/strong> and light<\/strong> of a venetian painter in land of Tuscany.”<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

This intense byword syntesizes the significance of the Artist\u2019s residence of a painter Gianfranco Mello in the heart of the capital of the Renaissance.<\/p>\n

The Fondazione Mello-Studio d\u2019Arte Le Colonne\u00a0 <\/span>narrates in its spaces the alternance of art history\u00a0 <\/span>through the centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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2008<\/strong> double flowering Monteripaldi cherry<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Personal exhibitions<\/strong> and awards<\/strong> received<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The exhibitions and awards obtained by Gianfranco Mello over time confirm the path of an artist whose works are permeated by Venetian and Tuscan culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfind out more\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t

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The monographs<\/strong> on the maestro Gianfranco Mello<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tyou can ask\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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Gianfranco Mello-The days of painting 1950-1985 <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t
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Gianfranco Mello- The days of painting Second volume 1986-2018<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n
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Articles<\/strong> and testimonials<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tread them all\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t"Firenze is a treasure chest of art that hides its most precious stones in silent places,\u00a0far from the frenetic rhythm of the city of tourism. In places like the Fondazione Mello-Studio d\u2019Arte Le Colonne,\u00a0you enter history and discover the contemporaneity.\u00a0The place where Giambologna created his masterpieces, today reflect the colors\u00a0and light of a venetian painter in the land of Tuscany.\u00a0"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t"The Fondazione Mello-Studio d\u2019Arte Le Colonne narrates in its spaces the\u00a0alternance of art history through the centuries. Once Giambologna\u2019s workshop, today the rooms of Fondazione Mello welcome\u00a0the color and light of the Venetian artist and the many initiatives open to contemporary culture."\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t"One of the distinguishing traits of the Maestro is calling to\u00a0portray the light and thus his need to paint outdoors. Mello\u2019s favorite subjects also include nudes, portraits\u00a0and self-portraits the latest of which was recently requested by an important Italian art dealer. Alongside the\u00a0depth of a gaze, the vitality of a naked body and the vibrant chromatic force of nature of monumental canvases,\u00a0in Mello\u2019s painting we often also find a skull, as a warning to the death."\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t

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2007 Study by Monteripaldi – Bitter oranges
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Video<\/strong> \u2013 The places of painting<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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After having worked at a very young age in the Studio in Via dei Conti, Mello moved to the Studio in Piazza dei Ciompi and the one in Impruneta. From here, in his free moments from\u00a0 <\/span>teaching at the Don Gnocchi Institute in Pozzolatico, he reaches various parts of the nearby countryside and with all his equipment he paints directly “en plein air”, even large canvases. As “en plein air” he continues to paint in the studios of Borgo Pinti, Viuzzo di Monteripaldi and Via San Michele in Monteripaldi.\u00a0 <\/span>Place of painting must consider also\u00a0 <\/span>the new Studio opened recently and in which most of his works are gathered, even the large ones.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t

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Is it\u00a0 <\/span>a particular space in Florence, Borgo Pinti 22-24, once a residence and studio as can be read in the epigraphs inside, of the sculptor Jean de Boulogne known as Giambologna, Pietro Tacca, Matteo Rosselli, Giovanni Battista Foggini and other great artists.<\/p>\n

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The following video was shot in Borgo Pinti in Piazza dei Ciompi and in Via San Michele in Monteripaldi.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t

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