Ascoltazione di un discorso del Duce alla radio is a painting by Italian artist Mario Biazzi, made around 1939. The work documents a listener attending to a radio broadcast during the Fascist period.
Biazzi was trained at the Brera Academy in Milan and the Carrara Academy in Bergamo in the early years of the twentieth century. He established himself as a leading portrait painter in Cremona, where he became involved with professional artistic associations including the local branch of the Famiglia Artistica and the Sindacato Interprovinciale Fascista di Belle Arti. He participated in the prestigious Cremona Prize competitions in 1940 and 1942. The painting belongs to the documentary tradition of figurative art produced in Italy during the interwar years, capturing a quotidian moment of civic engagement through mass media.
About Mario Biazzi
Born in Castelverde, Cremona, in 1880, Biazzi studied under Cesare Tallone and worked within the late Scapigliatura tradition before establishing himself as a society portrait painter. He was active in Cremona’s artistic institutions throughout the 1930s and 1940s. He died in Cremona in 1965.
Details
- Artist: Mario Biazzi (1880–1965)
- Date: c. 1939
- Medium: Painting
- Region: Cremona, Lombardy
- Movement: Italian interwar figurative art
Frequently asked questions
Who was Mario Biazzi?
Mario Biazzi was an Italian painter born in Cremona in 1880. He trained at major academies in Milan and Bergamo and became known as a portrait painter, establishing himself as a leading artist in Cremona’s middle-class circles.
What is the subject of this painting?
The work depicts a listener attending to a radio broadcast of a speech by Mussolini, capturing a moment of civic engagement through mass media during the Fascist era in Italy.
When was this painting made?
The work dates to approximately 1939, a period when Biazzi was actively participating in Italian artistic institutions and competitions including the Cremona Prize.
