Museo Didattico in Piazza Quarto Stato
Educational museum in the Palazzo del Torraglio in Volpedo on the life and works of Giuseppe Pellizza, with focus on the Quarto Stato.
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About the museum
The educational museum opened on 1 May 2002 and is dedicated to the life and work of the painter Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo. It is located in the Palazzo del Torraglio, in Piazza Quarto Stato, in the oldest part of the village, opposite the Palazzo Malaspina. The scientific project is by Professor Aurora Scotti, the exhibition design by the architect Dario Milanese.
The Torraglio stands on a small hill above the Curone stream and has over time housed the town hall, a school and the carabinieri barracks. The restoration of the building was promoted by the Comune, with support from the Region of Piedmont, while the displays were funded by the Fondazione Cassa di risparmio di Tortona.
The route occupies six rooms on the ground floor and presents panels, photographs, documents and objects. It reconstructs the artist’s family and biography, the shift from realism to symbolism, and the cycles devoted to love and nature, and it tells the long development of “Processione” and “Quarto Stato”, which took about ten years. Technical sections explain pigments, supports, canvas and frame preparation, with the results of non-invasive analyses and the geometric diagrams of the composition.
Highlights
- Route through six rooms on the life and work of Pellizza da Volpedo
- Focus on the making of the “Quarto Stato” and “Processione”
- Sections on painting techniques with non-destructive analyses
- Multimedia installation devoted to the “Quarto Stato”
- Located in the Palazzo del Torraglio, in the oldest part of Volpedo
Permanent exhibition
- Pellizza da Volpedo: vita, opere e tecnica – Six rooms on the ground floor with panels, documents and objects on the artist’s biography, the “Quarto Stato” and painting techniques.
- Founded
- 2002
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission, no booking required; small voluntary donations are welcome.
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
The museum is in the Palazzo del Torraglio, Piazza Quarto Stato 1, in the historic centre of Volpedo.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Groups of at least 10 people can book guided visits also on weekdays, outside opening hours (phone +39 338 563 3056, WhatsApp +39 348 051 5481, info@pellizza.it or info.pellizza@gmail.com). An educational programme for schools is available. The Studio-Museo of the painter (Via Rosano 1/A) and the Romanesque Pieve di San Pietro are open at the same times. |
