Voltolino Fontani

Voltolino Fontani (Livorno, Italia 1920–1976) was an Italian painter. He was an artist who contributed to introduce the expression Atomic age in the European culture.[1][2] He was the founder of Eaismo, an artistic movement linking arts to Atomic age.

In 1948 he published “Manifesto of Eaismo”, anticipating the Manifesto of Pittura nucleare by Enrico Baj (1951), and Salvador Dalì (Manifesto mistico, 1951).[3][4]

References
  1. Carlo Cassola, La cultura in provincia, Il Mondo, 1954,
  2. http://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/art/1.1794123, link read in 2015
  3. Bruno Corà, Francesca Cagianelli, Giacomo Romano, Voltolino Fontani (1920-1976), autoritratti spirituali, De Batte editore, Livorno, 2002
  4. Dario Durbè, I pittori del movimento dell'era atomica, L'indicatore, 1953.

Bibliography
  • Carlo Emanuele Bugatti, Voltolino Fontani, Bugatti editore, Ancona, 1972



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