Giovanni Bianconi (22 March 1891, Minusio - 7 March 1981, Minusio) was a Swiss-Italian poet, artist and ethnographer.
The son of Alessandro and Margherita Rusconi, he was the elder brother of the writer Piero Bianconi. He trained at San Gallo and the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.
Works
Lugano Cantonal Museum of Art
Piano di Magadino, 1911-1951, woodcut on tissue paper
Terra ticinese, 1920, woodcut on card
Barche a riva, 1920-1980, woodcut on card
Casupole a Minusio, 1920-1980, woodcut on card
Lago Maggiore, 1920-1980, woodcut on card
Nevicata, 1920-1980, woodcut on card
Portrait of Giuseppe Zoppi aged 30, 1926, woodcut on card
Discussione (Neutralità), 1930-1940, woodcut on card
Vecchia Locarno, 1955, woodcut on card
Cerimonia funebre, undated, oil on panel
Solduno, 1946, woodcut on card
Other
Val Verzasca, 1966
Ticino rurale, 1971
Legni e versi, 1978
Costruzioni contadine ticinesi, 1982
Bibliography
Giovanni Orelli, Svizzera italiana, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1986, 148-150.