DOI issue:
Nr. 336 (May 1925)
DOI issue:Nr. 337 (June 1925)
DOI article:Flint, Ralph: Mario Toppi - modern primitive
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0181
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the prayer by mario toppi
the passing centuries, it is not wholly without its prefers the peace and remoteness of his mountain
outside contacts. During the summer months the home to any of the divertissements of the city.
Roman artists seek out this region, and it is in On each visit to Rome he has found only distrac-
Anticoli especially that they find their models, tion, and it is quite possible that without such
Many of the Anticolians make a living by posing, simplicity of outlook and desire he could never
and certain ones go to Rome in the winter as pro- have achieved such a direct pictorial concept,
fessional models. But even these contacts seem to Toppi came into the world of art quite natu-
have small effect, and as for Toppi, he openly rally. His meditations took shape in line and color
" st. francis" by mario toppi
june 1925
one eighty^-one
the prayer by mario toppi
the passing centuries, it is not wholly without its prefers the peace and remoteness of his mountain
outside contacts. During the summer months the home to any of the divertissements of the city.
Roman artists seek out this region, and it is in On each visit to Rome he has found only distrac-
Anticoli especially that they find their models, tion, and it is quite possible that without such
Many of the Anticolians make a living by posing, simplicity of outlook and desire he could never
and certain ones go to Rome in the winter as pro- have achieved such a direct pictorial concept,
fessional models. But even these contacts seem to Toppi came into the world of art quite natu-
have small effect, and as for Toppi, he openly rally. His meditations took shape in line and color
" st. francis" by mario toppi
june 1925
one eighty^-one