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Orazio Amato was born in Anticoli Corrado.<\/p>\n

His father, a pharmacist, had an inn in the village where he entertained artists who stayed there.
\nYoung Orazio would treasure the advice and teachings of the artists who were guests at his father’s inn.
\nHis first works date from 1896.<\/p>\n

\"Orazio
Veduta di Via delle tre Pile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orazio Amato moved to Rome<\/h2>\n

He moved to Rome and attended the Accademia del circolo artistico in Via Margutta.<\/p>\n

In May 1915 he was drafted into the war<\/strong>, but despite his military obligations he did not give up painting.<\/p>\n

\"Orazio
Piazza Madama con il Vicolo del Pinacolo Orazio Amato 1933<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Art school in the Orti Sallustiani<\/h2>\n

Between 1921 and 1924, together with the painter Felice Carena and the sculptor Attilio Selva, he organized an art school in the Orti Sallustiani<\/a>; among the students were Giuseppe Capogrossi, Emanuele Cavalli and Fausto Pirandello.<\/p>\n

In 1924 he inaugurated his first solo exhibition at the Stuart Hall in Via Veneto.<\/p>\n

He was appointed secretary of the Via Margutta Art Association<\/strong>, a position he held until 1933.<\/p>\n

In 1931 he was on the organizing committee of the 1st Quadriennale d’Arte Nazionale and in the same year he participated in the exhibition of Contemporary Italian painting<\/strong> in Baltimore, United States.
\nIn 1934 he was elected deputy of the Artists’ Guild and worked for the adoption of the 2% law in favor of art in public buildings.
\nOrazio Amato in 1937, he was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Internationale des Art et Techniques<\/strong> in Paris.<\/p>\n

He was named an Academician of Saint Luke’s.
\nIn 1943 he was appointed to a permanent position at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, but in 1945 he was stripped of all official positions due to the purges that followed the fall of Fascism.<\/p>\n

He continued to work until 1962, the year of his death.<\/p>\n

A portrait of a young woman by Orazio Amato is for sale in our gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Orazio
Orazio Amato portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Exhibition<\/h3>\n

1910\u00a0 LXXX Esposizione internazionale di Belle Arti organizzata dalla societ\u00e0 degli amatori e cultori di Belle Arti.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

TORINO <\/span>Quadriennale<\/span><\/i> 1923;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

VENEZIA <\/span>Biennale<\/span><\/i> 1926,1930,1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

FIUME <\/span>Esposizione Fiumana Internazionale\u00a01925,1927;<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

FIRENZE Sindacale Nazionale 1933;<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ROMA Arte coloniale 1931; Arte marinara 1926, 1927; Biennale 1921, 1923, 1925;<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bimbi e Fiori 1918; Quadriennale 1931,1935,1939,1943, 1948, 1951,1955;\u00a0 Sindacale 1929,1930,1932,1936,1937,1940; Societ\u00e0 Amatori e Cultori Belle Arti 1910, 1912, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928; <\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NAPOLI Arte coloniale 1934, Artisti grigio-verdi 1920; Triennale Oltremare 1940<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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