Arek Hersh and artist Massimiliano Pironti at The Queen's Gallery

Massimiliano Pironti (born 22 December 1981 in Colleferro, Province of Rome) is an Italian painter and also actor, singer and dancer.[1][2]

Life

As an autodidact he learned to paint, after he began studies in singing, classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance and earned a reputation initially in Italy and later in Germany as a musical performer. Since 2018 he is a painter of international reputation, especially in Great Britain, Germany and Italy. His focus is to represent the inner life of the human figure and to tell the story of peoples lives.[3][4]

He came to fame as the 11th winner of the Italian National Prize "[5] Massimini" as best musical and light opera performer 2008[6]

In March 2018, the jury of the BP Award 2018 selected Massimiliano's oil painting A throne in the West among 48 submissions. A throne in the West was part of the BP Portrait Award 2018 special exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, London.[7] In 2019 Pironti won the third prize of "the art world's most prestigious portrait prize"[8] the BP Portrait Award 2019 in the 30th jubilee edition with a portrait entitled Quo vadis? of his 95 years old grandmother and the second prize of the visitor's choice from the NPG London.[9][10] This competition is the world's biggest for portrait painting.[11]

Portrait of the former Master of the Dominican Order Carlos Azpiroz OP in the Museum of Santa Sabina, Italy, Rome

On the occasion of the 250th jubilee of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin Pironti painted his interpretation of Hölderlin for the permanent collection of the Hölderlin Museum in Lauffen a. N. /Germany, in the house of Hölderlin's birth.[12] A copy of the painting was presented to Pope Francis, who gratefully honored the painting and museum with greetings and reflections about the poet.[13]

In 2021 Massimiliano was commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales to paint the portrait of Holocaust survivor Arek Hersh, as part of the project-exhibition “Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust”. The portrait, part of the Royal Collection, is on display at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace and at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh. Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and Duchess Camilla unveiled the display at the Queen's Gallery to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022.[14]

Appearances

Works

  • In 2005, Massimiliano Pironti wrote, produced and choreographed the dance show Collezione Privata.[29]
  • The official portrait in oil of the former Master of the Dominican Order Carlos Azpiroz Costa OP, that hangs in the Dominican Museum in the Santa Sabina basilica in Rome, Italy.[30]
  • Oil on aluminium, title A throne in the West, part of the special exhibit BP Portrait Award 2018 in the National Portrait Gallery, London and from 13 March 2019 in The Gallery, Winchester.[31]
  • Oil on canvas, title D'après Albert Joseph Pénot pour les Ghost Riders du Dracula, 1000mmx600mm, since December 2018 in the Dracula Club (Cresta Run/ St. Moritz Celerina Olympic Bobrun) from Rolf Sachs in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[32]
  • Oil on aluminium, title Quo vadis?, part of the special exhibit BP Portrait Award 2019 in the National Portrait Gallery, London.[33]
  • Oil on aluminium, title Friedrich Hölderlin, 900 mm x 740 mm, part of the permanent collection in the Hölderlin Museum in Lauffen a. N. /Germany.[34]
  • Oil on aluminium, title Arek Hersh, 600 mm x 800 mm, part of the Royal Collection of the British royal family.[35]

References

  1. ↑ "Massimiliano Pironti pittore: artista a 360°. Scopriamolo in un'intervista (esclusiva)" (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  2. ↑ Preuss, Susanne (30 October 2018). "La Nonna". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung für Deutschland. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Massimiliano Pironti: Hyperreality. The finer Details of History". Trebuchet Art Magazin. 7: 80–87. 2021-04-11.
  4. ↑ Ribel. "Massimiliano Pironti" (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  5. ↑ "Associazione Internazionale dell'Operetta - Friuli Venezia Giulia". Opera of Trieste - International Association of Light Opera. 2017-05-07. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-05-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Associazione Internazionale dell'Operetta - Friuli Venezia Giulia" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  7. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery announces shortlist for BP Portrait Award 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  8. ↑ Brown, Mark (29 April 2019). "Image of artist's grandmother shortlisted for BP portrait award". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ "Revealed: the four BP Portrait Award finalists". BBC. 2019-04-29. Archived from the original on 2019-04-29.
  10. ↑ "Prize Winners". NPG. 2019-04-11. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05.
  11. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery, London, BP Award 2018". Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  12. ↑ "Pironti's interpretation of Friedrich Hölderlin presented to Hölderlin Museum". Hölderlin 2020 (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-11-28.
  13. ↑ "Hölderlin and Pope Francis". Hölderlin 2020 (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-01-22.
  14. ↑ "Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust". Royal Collection Trust. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29.
  15. ↑ "Massimiliano Pironti nello spettacolo "Collezione privata" - YouTube". YouTube (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  16. ↑ "FILM: Passo a Due (2005), di Andrea Barzini" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  17. ↑ "Tre metri sopra il cielo - Lo spettacolo di Federico Moccia-Mauro Simone regia Mauro Simone a Torino" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  18. ↑ "è Massimiliano Pironti il nuovo Peter Pan" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  19. ↑ "MASSIMILIANO PIRONTI: QUANDO UN SOGNO TI METTE CON LE SPALLE AL MURO" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  20. ↑ "Flashdance - Stage Entertainment" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  21. ↑ "La Febbre del Sabato Sera - Il Musical - Stage Entertainment" (in German). 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  22. ↑ "The Best of Musical regia di Chiara Noschese [Trieste .Com]" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  23. ↑ ""Come Erika e Omar", arriva il "diversamente musical" firmato Enzo Iacchetti - Teatro/Danza - Spettacoli - Repubblica.it" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  24. ↑ "DA VENERDÌ SU AGON CHANNEL PARTE "CHANCE", IL TALENT SHOW DI VERONICA MAYA CHE FA CONCORRENZA ALLA CARRÀ | TvZoom" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  25. ↑ "Artists | Disneys Musical TARZAN | Musicals in Oberhausen | Metronom Theater | Tickets, Karten und Gutscheine" (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  26. ↑ "Revealed: the four BP Portrait Award finalists". BBC News. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.
  27. ↑ "News in pictures: Thursday September 10, 2020". The Times.
  28. ↑ "Survivors of the Holocaust". BBC News. 27 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29.
  29. ↑ "Massimiliano Pironti nello spettacolo "Collezione privata" - YouTube". YouTube (in German). 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  30. ↑ Gianandrea, Manuela; Annibali, Manuela; Bartoni, Laura (2017), "Guerrieri Borsoi, Maria Barbara: La Galleria dei Maestri: i successori di san Domenico", Il convento di Santa Sabina all'Aventino e il suo patrimonio storico-artistico e architettonico (in German) (1 ed.), Rom: Campisano Editore, p. 274, ISBN 978-88-98229-90-1
  31. ↑ "London Exhibition". Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  32. ↑ "Massimiliano Pirontis homepage".
  33. ↑ "BP Portrait Award 2019 - Shortlisted Artists". National Portrait Gallery. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.
  34. ↑ "Pironti's Friedrich Hölderlin presented to the Hölderlin Museum". Hölderlin 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28.
  35. ↑ "Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust". Royal Collection Trust. 2022-01-29. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29.
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