<![CDATA[GIANCARLO ROSSI - Blog]]>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:08:33 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[500 YEARS OF SIGNORELLI AND PERUGINO]]>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:42:05 GMThttps://www.rossiwoodworkers.com/blog/500-years-of-signorelli-and-peruginoIt’s been 500 years since Signorelli and Perugino’s passing, Tuscany and Umbria are preparing big shows and one of our main newspapers has put out a guide "Le Guide di Repubblica" on all of the above and for Cortona and several towns of Umbria there is a section for local artists and craftsmen. I’m at page 176, in the words of journalist Giulia Felici of La Repubblica.

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IN Cortona

From the 23rd of June until the 8th of October 2023, in the palace of the Etruscan Museum there will be the show Signorelli 500. Maestro Luca da Cortona, pittore di luce e poesia. It will expose around thirty pieces coming from italian and foreing museums, including the National Gallery of London, and from private collections.
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Luca Signorelli, Annunciazione (1491; olio su tavola; Volterra, Pinacoteca Civica)
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Compianto sul Cristo Morto (1502- Museo Diocesano Cortona)
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Duomo di Orvieto, cappella di San Brizio - Giudizio Universale (detail of "The Damned")

Signorelli in Maurice Hewlett "Road in Tuscany"

My favorite description of Signorelli and his art.
Please ignore the last line, the town is cleaner than it used to be.
]]><![CDATA[Dee MORTON - ROSSI]]>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:12:14 GMThttps://www.rossiwoodworkers.com/blog/dee-morton-rossiDee Morton Rossi was born in 1957 to American parents in London, England. 
She had a love for art from an early age, and took art classes throughout her school years. As an art major, she obtained a B.F.A. from the University of Georgia, specializing in drawing, painting, and printmaking. After a pause of several years, spent in the mountains of North Carolina, she returned to UGA to get her M.F.A. in printmaking, book arts and paper making. As a graduate student, she travelled to Italy in 1985 with the UGA Studies Abroad program, based in Cortona. 
After participating in several programs as both a student and professor, Dee moved to Cortona permanently in 1990.
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]]><![CDATA[August 17th, 2021]]>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:08:00 GMThttps://www.rossiwoodworkers.com/blog/august-17th-2021Gabriella Rossi is Giancarlo's older sister. She was born in Umbertide the 11th of October in 1993.
Following classical studies in high school, she attended the Università degli studi di Siena, from which she graduated with highest grades in Russian grammar and literature. For two semesters she was italian language fellow at Vassar college in NY. Following graduation she attended the Higher school of Economics winter school in Moscow and Derzhavin Institute in St. Petersburg. Currently she is pursuing a law degree in Florence.
Between one degree and the other she paints in watercolor architectural scenery of Cortona or scenes from the many books she reads.
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Watercolor on paper 24x33 cm Gabriella Rossi 2021
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Via Ghibellina - Watercolor, 2019 - Sold
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Woman with basil - watercolor 2019
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Piazza del Comune - watercolor 2020
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