1887. Gianni, the second of three children, grows up with his brothers, Antonio and Carlo, in a bourgeois environment which is culturally eclectic and open to the cultural movements of the time. The three brothers spend their childhood between Varano and Milan, and attend the very best schools. Antonio dies of tuberculosis at the age of 22.
to push him towards the faculty of architecture, but he tenaciously follows his own ambitions and moves to Venice to enrol at the Fine Arts Academy. However, he ends up frequenting the art studios of various painters, in particular Vizzotto Alberti’s studio in Venice, Leonardo Bazzaro and Emilio Gola’s studio in Milan something he finds preferable to academic study.
1899. As adolescents Carlo and Gianni Maimeri chose different paths. Carlo graduates in industrial chemistry and specializes in Zurich. He begins his career as a researcher during the war years at the company Ernesto Lepetit. Gianni immediately shows signs of being interested in painting. In vain his father tries
1910. Anna Dossena comes into Gianni Maimeri’s life. She becomes his muse, model and inspiration. In 1917 Anna and Gianni marry. Anna, as well as being his favourite model is also the companion who provides him with the serenity and support which is of fundamental importance to him.
1895. Gianni, Antonio and Carlo Maimeri. 1909. Gianni Maimeri painting in his Studio at Barona department. 1910. Anna Dossena Maimeri.