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Eugenio Balzan Collection

Via Danieli Badia Polesine (RO)

The Balzan Collection is a fascinating collection of paintings by some of the greatest names in 19th and 20th century Italian painting.

Consisting of 49 works and 26 artists active at the turn of the century, it was started in 1910 by Eugenio Balzan from Badia, a journalist and administrative director of the Corriere della Sera at the time of Luigi Albertini's editorship, and completed during the 1930s.

Based on an absolutely personal taste, it reveals the collector's predilection for the pictorial Naturalism of the second half of the 19th century, peopled with landscapes, popular figures and scenes of everyday life, in a summary of the most delicate achievements of the Italian regional schools, from Piedmont to Naples, from Lombardy to Veneto to Apulia, of which Domenico Morelli, Mosè Bianchi, Giuseppe De Nittis, Filippo Palizzi and Plinio Nomellini are some of the greatest representatives.

The precious picture gallery is now owned by the Fondazione Internazionale Balzan and since 2014 it has been on display in the Ridotto of the Teatro Sociale named after him and known as the Piccola Fenice, due to the elegant decoration in gilded wood and stuccoes that make it resemble the great Venetian theatre.

A place of absolute beauty translated into the brushstrokes of some of the most prestigious artists in the history of Italian painting.

Where is it?

Opening hours
Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Groups and school classes can arrange special openings by prior arrangement.

Admission ticket:
Full price: € 4,00
Reduced price ticket: € 3,00 FAI members, CTG, under 18, over 65, university students, groups of min. 15 people
Schools: € 1,00 groups of max. 20 people with 2 accompanying persons per class free of charge
Free: children under 6 years - journalists with badges - disabled people and their escorts - authorised guides and tour leaders - military personnel in uniform.

For info and bookings:
Tel +39 366 3240619
E-mail: info@collezionebalzan.it
Website: www.collezionebalzan.it

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