Italian painter
Felice Carena (13 August 1879 – 10 June 1966) was an Italian painter.
Biography
Felice Carena, Descent from the Cross , 1937-1938 ca, Museo Civico di Modena
Born at Cumiana , he studied in Turin 's Accademia Albertina , where he attended symbolist poets such as Arturo Graf and Giovanni Cena . In 1906 he moved to Rome and in 1912 he exhibited his works at the Biennale di Venezia . In 1913–1915 he began to be influenced by the style of Cézanne and Matisse ; in the World War I period Carena lived in Anticoli Corrado , a hamlet outside Rome.
In 1922 he created an art school in Rome and, two years later, he began to teach at the Florence Academy. In 1945 he moved to Venice , where he lived for the rest of his life.
Painters who studied under Carena include Giuseppe Capogrossi .
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