Amedeo Bocchi

b. 1883 — d. 1976

Amedeo Bocchi (Parma 1883 - Rome 1976) was an Italian painter of the 19th century. He was born in Parma on 24 August 1883. He studied in the Academy of Rome with Barilli and later for two years in Padua with Casanova. Opera: 1916, Portrait; 1919, The tale of the blind woman; Landscape and Abandoned; 1920, Fishermen of the Pontine Marshes; 1921 Portrait; The Badino hut; Crouching Terellana: In the evening on the day of the Madonna. Bocchi can be said to be the painter of the Pontina swamp and his canvases suggest and express a polite intimacy on an inhabited Sunday, almost prophesying as an artist the resurrection of the sad and feverish eglitori of those swamps. In the building of the Cassa di Risparmio di Parma he decorated the Council hall with motifs suitable for the place: Il Risparmio; Protection and Wealth. He has participated in numerous exhibitions both in Italy and in foreign cities, deserving the favor of the public and critics everywhere. His painting The Three Marys, at an exhibition in Brera, was awarded a large gold medal from the Ministry of Education.