Fiorenzo Tomea

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Fiorenzo Tomea (7 February 1910 – 16 November 1960) was an Italian painter. He was born in Zoppè di Cadore, Italy. He studied at the Cignaroli Academy in Verona in 1926–27, where he met Giacomo Manzù and Renato Birolli. He moved to Milan, where Edoardo Persico invited him to show his work at the Galleria del Milione in 1931. He mainly painted landscapes and still lifes. In the late 1930s he began to receive official recognition, winning a gold medal at the first Mostra del Sindacato Interprovinciale Fascista di Belle Arti di Milano in 1937. He joined the Corrente group and showed with them at the Milan Società per le Belle Arti ed Esposizione Permanente in 1939. The Venice Biennale gave him a room dedicated to his work at the 23rd Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia in 1942. After the war he focused on landscapes of the Cadore area. He was runner-up for the Marzotto Prize in 1954 and won the Michetti Prize at Francavilla del Mare in 1958.