Lina Galleazzi
Lina Galleazzi, née Bertazzini was an Italian artist.
Biography
Galleazzi was born in Valtellina in the early 1900s. After finishing her studies, she moved to Milan where she found a job in government. She moved to Brera in Malin and began to paint on canvas, wood, silk and velvet. She drew heads of children and images of the Madonna. In Milan she met and married an engineer, Galeazzo Galleazzi. In 1927, she opened a painting studio in Milan in via Camminadella. In the 1930s she moved with Galeazzo to France live in Paris and Nice. In the 1940s, their first child was born and Galleazzi mainly dedicated herself to raising children. In her free time she organized artistic events, whose donations were given to refugees from Istria. She also participated with funding the building of a House for the Relief of Non-performing loans, commissioned by Padre Pio. In the 1950s, Galeazzo died, and she managed the family business, continuing to paint in her free time.
In the 1960s, Galleazzi returned full-time to painting and poetry. Cosmology fascinated her. She began to produce geometric paintings and by the end of that decade she had achieved fame. Dozens of exhibitions included her paintings. Positivde commentors included Francesco Ogliari Monteverdi Mario, Mario Lepore, Mario Soldiers, Belluna Giuseppe, Bruno Contenotte, Louis Molinari, Renato Tomasina, Sioo Brondoni and Maria Sirtori Bolis.
Galleazzi wrote three books: 50 Years of Art, From painting to poetry and How big is the man. She produced over a hundred paintings. Her paintings are now in private hands, in major exhibitions and in the possession of her son Adolfo Galleazzi.