Paolo Bottari tells about the artistic feats of Giuseppe Catani

👉 After the success of the first two meetings of the conference cycle “Before the Macchia“, four appointments dedicated to artists active in Livorno between the 18th and 19th centuries, comes the conference “Giuseppe Catani Chiti notes on the life and works of a painter of sacred art” which will take place on Thursday 5 December at 4.30 pm.

Giuseppe Catani Chiti (1866 – 1945) was a painter native of Prato, but active throughout Tuscany and in Livorno. Trained in Siena under the guidance of painter Luigi Mussini and Alessandro Franchi, Catani Chiti distinguished himself for his works of great religious devotion, moving in the wake of suggestions drawn from Purism, the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and welcoming solutions of Liberty and Symbolism in the course of his career.

The artist from Prato obtained prestigious commissions, leaving his sumptuous works in the baptistery and churches of Siena, Florence, Rome, etc.

In Livorno, Catani Chiti created the superb decorative cycle of the chapel of Santa Teresa in the convent of the Carmelites in Antignano.

Paolo Bottari, speaker of the next appointment, is a visual and performative artist, descendant of the painter Catani Chiti, a personality to whom he has dedicated a comprehensive

archival and iconographic research lasting over 8 years and resulting in the publication of a book.