Bruno Cassinari
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Bruno Cassinari in 1958, photo by Paolo Monti (Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC).
Bruno Cassinari (1912–1992) 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]
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Bruno Cassinari's studio, Vence, 1963. Photo by Paolo Monti
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Bruno Cassinari's studio, Vence, 1963
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Bruno Cassinari in his studio, Vence, 1958
references
- ↑ A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, by Ian Chilvers, John Glaves-Smith, page 250.
- Also owes some information to Italian Wikipedia entry
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