Papers related to Gabriele D'Annunzio and the seizure of Fiume
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 13
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters, typescripts, printed material, photographs, postcards, and memorabilia concerning Gabriele D'Annunzio's role in the 1919 seizure of Fiume. Contents include a typescript of D'Annunzio's "La Preghiera per i cittadini;" a typescript draft of a constitution for Fiume by Alceste De Ambris; photcopies of reports on the activities of the American Henry Furst in Fiume; a facsimile of a 1920 letter from D'Annunzio to Benito Mussolini; letters and papers related to Fioravante Martinelli's membership in the Unione Spirituale Dannunziana; photographs and postcard photographs of D'Annunzio in Fiume; and several postage stamps, medals and pins. The collection also contains an undated typescript of Cesare Cerati's "Tre amici."
Description:
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), Italian author and World War I aviator, led the seizure of Fiume in September 1919. After unsuccessfully promoting the city's annexation by Italy, D'Annunzio proclaimed it the Reggenza Italiana de Carnaro, and himself its "Duce" (Leader), but he and his followers were driven out by an Italian bombardment in December, 1920., Printed catalog and folder list in box., and Purchased from Arengario Studio Bibliografico on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2006.
Two typescript copies of Romaine Brooks's untitled memoir. Brooks describes her professional and personal life covering her upbringing and education, including her experiences as a student at the Scuola Nazionale and the Académie Colarossi, to her life as an expatriate American in Paris and Capri. Brooks, who remained in Europe during World War One and World War Two, also provides insight into her wartime experiences. Her career as an artist is also richly documented in the memoir, which includes descriptions of her sitters, ranging from well-known figures such as Gabriele D'Annunzio to lesser known models, and her views on art and her working methods. Brooks also discusses her relationship with her partner Natalie Clifford Barney.
Description:
Gift of Norman Holmes Pearson. and Romaine Brooks (1874-1970) was an American painter. She studied at the Scuola Nazionale (1896-1897) in Rome and the Académie Colarossi (1899) in Paris. Her first one-person exhibition was at the Galerie Durand-Ruel (1910). Brooks is well-known for her portraits, usually in a grey palette, of women in masculine dress.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century
Subject (Name):
Barney, Natalie Clifford, Brooks, Romaine, and D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
Subject (Topic):
Americans--France, LGBTQ resource, Painters--France, Painters--Italy, Painters--United States, Women artists, Women painters, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--France, and World War, 1914-1918--Personal narrative, American
