International Exhibition of Art (1911)
International Exhibition of Art (Italian: Esposizione internazionale d'arte) was a world's fair held in Rome in 1911 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy in the same year as another world's fair in Turin (which had a more scientific focus). It marked the beginnings of the National Roman Museum. The fair's receipts were disappointing over the summer of 1911 because of poor weather and a cholera epidemic.
| International Exhibition of Art | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | International Exhibition of Art |
| Visitors | 7,409,145 |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | 29 April 1911 |
| Closure | 19 November 1911 |
The fair was open from 29 April to 19 November 1911, and had 7,409,145 visitors.[1]
The British Pavilion was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. In 1912 it taken over by the British School at Rome, which is still based there.[2]
References
- "World's Fairs Compared: Facts and Statistics". Turin 1911: The World's Fair in Italy. University of California. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- Hugh Petter. Lutyens in Italy: The Building of the British School at Rome. British School at Rome, 1992
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.