# Mario Borgiotti

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{{Short description|Italian painter (1906–1977)}}
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'''Mario Borgiotti''' (22 August 1906 – 19 December 1977) was an Italian painter and [art collector](/source/art_collector).

== Biography ==
Mario Borgiotti was born to a working class family and originally studied violin.<ref>
[http://www.comune.livorno.it/_nuovo_notiziario/uploads/2012_12_11_16_06_59.pdf Profilo biografico di Mario Borgiotti]</ref><ref>[http://www.lanazione.it/livorno/cronaca/2013/04/27/879916-figlia_borgiotti.shtml La figlia di Borgiotti dona 45 quadri del padre al Comune di Livorno]</ref> In the 1920s he met [Ulvi Liegi](/source/Ulvi_Liegi), [Gino Romiti](/source/Gino_Romiti), Umberto Vittorini, as well as other members of the [Gruppo Labronico](/source/Gruppo_Labronico) and became involved in the trade and collection of works of art.

In 1925, Borgiotti organised an exhibition of [contemporary art](/source/contemporary_art) in [Pisa](/source/Pisa) which included a large number of Gruppo Labronico painters and in 1927, a combined exhibition of nineteenth-century works and art from Livorno.

In 1928, he promoted an exhibition and sale of works by [Macchiaioli](/source/Macchiaioli) at the Bottega d'Arte Calligani in [Lucca](/source/Lucca), while in 1930 he organised another collective exhibition of Gruppo Labronico and nineteenth-century Italian paintings in [Viareggio](/source/Viareggio).

He began his apprenticeship as a painter with maestro Giovanni March in the same year, and in 1934 his work was exhibited for the first time at the seventh provincial exhibition of [Livorno](/source/Livorno). His work as a portraitist sees [Pietro Mascagni](/source/Pietro_Mascagni), [Giovanni Bartolena](/source/Giovanni_Bartolena), [Ulvi Liegi](/source/Ulvi_Liegi) and Piero Vaccari immortalised in his paintings. In 1938, Borgiotti moved to [Florence](/source/Florence) where he organised an exhibition of nineteenth-century art, and in 1946, the Galleria D'Arte [Livorno](/source/Livorno) exhibited 46 of his works.

Borgiotti joined the Gruppo Labronico in 1953 becoming president in 1967, a position he held for over a decade. In 1953, he founded, along with Nedo Luschi and Renzo Casali, the [Premio Rotonda](/source/%3Ait%3APremio_Rotonda), a prize painting contest at the Rotonda of Ardenza.

In 1955, he moved to [Milan](/source/Milan), continuing his artistic career in a studio at [Palazzo Gallarati Scotti](/source/%3Ait%3APalazzo_Gallarati_Scotti) in [Via Manzoni](/source/Via_Manzoni), then, in 1961, Borgiotti organised the Premio Spalletta, alongside [Renato Natali](/source/Renato_Natali), Bruno Miniati and Aldo Santini in [Livorno](/source/Livorno).

In 1963, he was a curator of a [Macchiaoli](/source/Macchiaioli) exhibition at Il Grattacielo (English: The Skyscraper) art centre in [Livorno](/source/Livorno). The exhibition moved to [Montecatini Terme](/source/Montecatini_Terme) and from here to the United States.

The commune of Livorno dedicated a bust to Borgiotti in the park of Villa Fabbricotti.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 October 2012 |title=Livorno: un busto dedicato a Mario Borgiotti a Villa Fabbricotti |url=https://it.notizie.yahoo.com/livorno-un-busto-dedicato-mario-borgiotti-villa-fabbricotti-134900190.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305213638/https://it.notizie.yahoo.com/livorno-un-busto-dedicato-mario-borgiotti-villa-fabbricotti-134900190.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* https://books.google.com/books?id=RlpxkKr63qIC&dq=mario+borgiotti&pg=PA46
* http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/it/borgiotti_mario/prezzi-opere/3272/
* https://books.google.com/books?id=afW7G_d7BtQC&dq=mario+borgiotti&pg=PA80
* [http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2011-08-09/vita-macchiaioli-viareggio-racconta-155551.shtml? uuid = AawFm4uD]
* [http://www.comune.livorno.it/_cn_online/index.php? id = 396]
* http://www.pananti.com/it/asta-0094/borgiotti-mario-il-pittore-ghelarducci.asp

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Category:20th-century Italian artists
Category:Painters from Livorno
Category:1906 births
Category:1977 deaths
Category:Gruppo Labronico

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