Matteo Olivero

Matteo Pietro Olivero (15 June 1879–28 April 1932 ) was an Italian painter, known for his technique of reproducing sunlight reflections without physically mixing colour pigments. For that matter, he is considered a leading painter of the Italian divisionism, although he's still little-known outside the art collector's environment. In 1896 Matteo Olivero attended the Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti in Turin. During his life, he took part in several exhibitions across Europe and started a collaboration with "Les Tendances Nouvelles", a Parisian art journal.

After a visit to a St. Moritz exhibition, he became a close friend of the painter Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, with whom he started a written correspondence and, afterward, a collaboration.

A relevant collection of his works is on display at the "Pinacoteca Matteo Olivero" in Saluzzo.

Death On 28 April 1932, Olivero committed suicide by throwing himself out of a window. He was 52.

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