Enrico Castellani
Enrico Castellani | |
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| Born | 4 August 1930 |
| Died | 1 December 2017 |
| Awards | Praemium Imperiale, 2010 |
Enrico Castellani (4 August 1930 – 1 December 2017) was an Italian artist. He was active in Italy from the early 1960s, and associated with Piero Manzoni and Vincenzo Agnetti.[1][2][3] From 1959 he made monochromatic geometric reliefs using nails from a nail-gun to distort his canvases.[4]
In 2010 he received the Praemium Imperiale for painting.[5]
Life
[edit]Castellani was born on 4 August 1930 in Castelmassa in the province of Rovigo, in the Veneto. He studied in Brussels, first sculpture and painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, and then architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre. He then went to live in Milan.[4] Castellani collaborated with artists such as Getulio Alviani, Piero Manzoni, and others.
He died on 1 December 2017 at his home, the Castello Orsini of Celleno, in the province of Viterbo in Lazio.[6][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Silvia Lucchesi (2003). Castellani, Enrico. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T014675. (subscription required).
- ^ Castellani, Enrico. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00033518. (subscription required).
- ^ Rosalba Zuccaro (1991). Castellani, Enrico (in Italian). Enciclopedia Italiana, V appendice. Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed September 2022.
- ^ a b c [s.n.] (2010). 2010: Painting: Enrico Castellani. The Japan Art Association. Archived 22 December 2017.
- ^ [s.n.] (14 September 2010). The recipients of the 22nd Praemium Imperiale. The Japan Art Association. Archived 24 October 2017.
- ^ Vincenzo Trione (1 December 2017). Morto Enrico Castellani, avventuroso artista della geometria (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Archived 3 December 2017.
- Enrico Castellani, New Angular, Double Angular, 2009-2011 in "MozArt" - edited by Bruno Corà, Perugia, 3Arte - Ali&no editrice, n.1, 2012, p. 6-14 - ISBN 978-88-6254-092-6
External links
[edit]- Art Directory: Enrico Castellani
- "Enrico Castellani's Formalist Poems in Silver and White" met diverse afbeeldingen
- Hauch of Venison: Enrico Castellani
- A tribute to Enrico Castellani with photos and interview from Cà Pesaro Venice exhibition, September 2012
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