Bruno Cassinari

Bruno Cassinari
Bruno Cassinari
	Bruno Cassinari in his studio in Vence photographed by Paolo Monti in 1958
Born	29 October 1912; Piacenza, Italy
Died	26 March 1992 (aged 79); Milan, Italy
Education	Brera Academy
Known for	Sculpture, painting
Movement	Cubism

Bruno Cassinari (29 October 1912 – 26 March 1992) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active in a style mixing cubist and expressionist elements.

Biography

He was born in Piacenza and died in Milan. He trained as a painter in the Brera Academy under Aldo Carpi. In 1946, he helped found the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti, an association aiming to restore optimism to post-war Italian art. Other members were Renato Birolli, Renato Guttuso, Ennio Morlotti, Leonardo Leoncillo, and Alberto Viani.[1]

Bruno Cassinari's studio, Vence, 1963

References

Chilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John (2009). A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2. ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780199239658. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

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[1] Chilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John (2009). A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (2. ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780199239658. Retrieved 28 February 2016.