Arturo Carmassi

Arturo Carmassi (2 July 1925 – 27 January 2015) was an Italian sculptor and painter.

Arturo Carmassi
Born(1925-07-02)2 July 1925
Lucca, Italy
Died27 January 2015(2015-01-27) (aged 89)
Fucecchio, Province of Florence

Life and career

Born in Lucca, 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
  1. "E' morto l'artista Arturo Carmassi". La Nazione. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. Grasso, Sebastiano (10 May 1997). "Fra le corde di Carmassi". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

Further reading
  • Micieli, Nicola. "Carmassi: l’ossessione del segno e il debito collettivo di Duchamp", in ContemporArt. Issue 77, January 2014.
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