Renato Padovan et al., IGNIS 25, (Rizzoli Editore), Milan 1969.
MIRELLE THIJSEN
ANALYZING WORK TODAY: COMPANY PHOTOBOOK COLLECTIONS
Photography books have been generating a lot of interest among collectors and art historians in the last years. Mirelle Thijsen has focused on identifying the best post-war photobooks published by Dutch companies. This fascinating reference work, Het bedrijfsfotoboek 1945-1965. Professionalisering van fotografen in Nederland (The Company Photobook 1945-1965. Professionalization of Photographers in the Netherlands), has become a rare collector’s item.
Borrowing from both Dutch and international institutions, Mirelle has offered to create, for Bologna, an original contribution based on remarkable company photobooks.
Location
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande
Via Castiglione, 7
Location
Pinacoteca Nazionale
Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande
Via Castiglione, 7
Construction of this palazzo was begun in the 1660s as a residence for the Pepoli family. One of the most prominent families in Bologna, the Pepoli were first textile merchants and later money-changers and bankers. The palazzo’s halls were frescoed by the leading artists in fine Bolognese decoration in the latter half of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries: Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Ercole Canuti, the Rolli brothers, and Donato Creti.
