Oreste Carpi was born in Poviglio, northern Italy, in 1921; at the age of 6 he moved to Milan to attend the Royal Deaf Institute, where he showed an early talent for drawing.
He received early training in painting at "Paolo Toschi" art institute in Parma.
In 1944 he enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna, where he studied painting and engraving under the supervision of Giorgio Morandi. After the end of World War II he attended the fine arts Academy of Brera in Milan, where he studied under Aldo Carpi and Carlo Carrà.
He graduated in 1950. In these years he became attracted to the practice of painting landscapes en plein air.
During the sixties he started producing repeated studies on motifs as the rooftops of Parma seen by his studio, the gulf of La Spezia and the banks of Po River.
He is considered one of the last post-impressionist painters of the 20th century in Italy.
During his life he displayed his works in many towns in Italy and abroad: Parma, Verona, Milano, Bologna, Rome, Brescia, Venezia, Moscow, Paris, Madrid and won many prizes for his artworks and his career.
In 1985 the town council of Parma organized an anthologic exhibition of his works where more than 150 paintings have been displayed.
Oreste Carpi died in his family house on march 11 2008.
