Italian art of the 20th century

1 0 3 MAN AND HORSE (1953) 1 0 4 INTERIOR WITH FIGURE (1954) FILIPPO SCROPPO Born at Riesi (Sicily) 1910; lives in Turin, where he teaches at the Academy of Beaux Arts. H e has taken part in various exhibitions in Italy and abroad. His paintings are to be found in art galleries in Italy and abroad. He has established his reputation as a n abstract painter 1 0 5 DEVELOPMENTS — OPERA 27 (1954) 1 0 6 RHYTHMI C CONSTRUCT ION (1954) P l O SEMEGHINI Born at Quistello (Mantova) 1878; lives in Verona. He started his artistic career in Paris; in Italy he took part in the most important exhibitions, winning the first prize at the Rome Quadriennial and the Venice Biennial. Other prizes were given to him at other exhibitions, both in Italy and abroad. H e is considered one of the best figurative painters of the last generation 1 0 7 ST I LL LIFE Collection Bergamini, Milan 1 0 8 FIGURE OF A YOUNG GIRL Collection Bergamini, Milan ARDENGO SOFFICI Born at Rignano sull'Arno (Tuscany) 1879; lives in Poggio a Caiano, near Florence. Painter and author. One of the chief exponents of Italian culture and in particular of Italian literature. With Giovanni Papini and Prezzolini, in the years before the first world war, he con- tributed to the renewal of art, letters and taste in Italy, working side by side with the Futurist movement. As a painter, h e joined the Futurists, bu t then finally returned to the "post-impressionistic" manner 109 FIELDS AND HILLS National Gallery o f Mode r n Art, Rome 110 LANDSCAPE Collection Civic Mu s e um o f Modern Art, Rome ATANASIO SOLDATI Born in Parma 1896; died in the same city in 1953. When already teaching in Milan, he started painting under the influence of Cezanne. Later, he turned towards the metaphysical tendencies, to finally reach the abstract formula to which h e gave a wholly personal note. H e was one of the founders of the "Concrete Ar t Movement." H e took part in various exhibitions 111 METAPHYSICAL COMPOSITION Collection Galeazzi, Milan ORFEO TAMBURI Born at Jesi (Marche) 1910; studied and lived in Rome u p to 1951; is now a resident of Paris. H e is a painter, black-and-white artist and etcher. H e has taken part in numerous Italian and foreign exhibitions and has to his credit various one-man shows as well as scenography and costumes for the ballet. Important prizes have been awarded in recog- nition of his merits, which are those of an artist who keeps faith with "post-impressionist" art; his work is rich in tone and light values 1 1 2 BRASSERIE (1954) 1 1 3 THE BASILICA OF MASSENZIO (1950) GIANNI VAGNETTI Born in Florence 1898; lives in the same city, where he teaches at the Beaux Arts Academy. One of the chief representatives of Tuscan figurative art, his style was formed by French taste as characterised by Derain and Bonnard, but his personal qualities of composition make of Vagnetti an artist of particular prestige and individuality. H e has taken part in a great number of exhibitions and has won many prizes, among which was the Gold Medal at the Universal Exposition of Paris in 1937 114 PORTRAIT National Gallery o f Modern Art, Rome 115 FIGURE National Gallery o f Modern Art, Rome EMILIO VEDOVA Born in Venice 1919; lives in the same city. He belonged to the "Corrente" group and to the "New F r on t of the Arts." H e has parti- cipated in the Venice Biennial, the Rome Quadriennial and various other Italian and foreign exhibitions. H e was awarded several prizes, including one at the Venice Biennial, 1950, and the Biennial in Brazil. H e has made his name as an abstract painter 116 IMAGE OF TIME (1953) 1 1 7 F R OM T H E CYCLE O F PROTEST , N.3 (1953) 118 F ROM T H E CYCLE O F NATURE , N.6 (1953) B L A C K A N D W H I T E ARTISTS FRANCESCO CAIAZZO Born in Naples 1916; lives in Turin, where he directs the school of scenography at the Beaux Arts Academy. H e has taken pa r t in numerous Italian and foreign exhibitions, winning various important prizes, amongst which were the "Michetti" prize, the "Marzotto" I 953 prize, and the Turin Quadriennial prize 1 1 9 VESUVIUS AND BORGO MARINARO (1955) 1 2 0 THE ROME OSTIENSE FREIGHT STATION (1955) [ 2 4 ] [25]