Giovanni Bianconi (22 March 1891, Minusio, Switzerland – 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.
External links Woodcut self-portrait