Arturo Carmassi (2 July 1925 – 27 January 2015) was an Italian sculptor and painter.
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Born | Lucca, Italy | 2 July 1925
Died | 27 January 2015 | (aged 89)
Life and career
editBorn in Lucca, Italy, Carmassi studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, and held his first exhibition in 1948.[1] In 1950 he moved to Milan, where he embraced informalism.[2] Exhibitions of his works held around the world include the Venice Biennale, the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Antwerp Biennale of Sculpture and the São Paulo Art Biennial.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "E' morto l'artista Arturo Carmassi". La Nazione. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ Grasso, Sebastiano (10 May 1997). "Fra le corde di Carmassi". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
Further reading
edit- Micieli, Nicola. "Carmassi: l’ossessione del segno e il debito collettivo di Duchamp", in ContemporArt. Issue 77, January 2014.