Renato Barisani
Renato Barisani | |
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Born | 15 November 1918 |
Died | 3 September 2011 | (aged 92)
Nationality | Italian |
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Renato Barisani (15 November 1918 – 3 September 2011) was an Italian sculptor and painter.
Biography
A native of Naples, Barisani attended the Filippo Palizzi Art Institute of Naples under the guidance, among others, of Alberto Chiancone, Carlo De Veroli and Francesco Galante. He graduated in sculpture in 1937 at the Art Institute of Naples and, thanks to the Filippo Palizzi scholarship, he studied for two years at the Higher Institute of Industrial Art (ISIA) in the Royal Park of Monza where he graduated after having attended the courses of Pio Semeghini, Giuseppe Pagano, Agnoldomenico Pica and Marino Marini.
Back in Naples, R. Barisani attended the
In 1948 he started teaching art at the Liceo Artistico di Napoli, until 1956, when he became lecturer at the State Art Institute of Torre del Greco. From 1950 to 1955, together with R. De Fusco, G. Tatafiore and A. Venditti, he formed the "Neapolitan concrete art group", moving into
After participating in various national exhibitions, together with the Milanese group (MAC), the Neapolitan concrete art group held an important exhibition in 1954 at the Medea Gallery in Naples. In these years, together with a concretist
From 1960 to 1963, at the invitation of the founder Georges Kasper, he joined the "New European School" in Lausanne. In this period he took part in the most important exhibitions in Antwerp, Lausanne, Trieste and Brussels. In 1961 Renato Barisani exhibited at the Galleria San Carlo in Naples with a solo show and in 1962 he was invited to exhibit at the
In 1963 one of his works was exhibited at the Contemporary Italian Paintings exhibition, held in some of the major Australian cities.[1] This period shows a return to the pure form of concretist origin that dates back to the mid-1960s. The following decades are characterized by the continuous experimentation of different artistic and media languages ranging from geometric research conducted both in painting and sculpture, to material interest, to the use of sensitive paper, to
From 1964 the artist also devoted himself to the decoration of
In 1993 Barisani received the prestigious award from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation of New York City. In October 2000, the City of Naples dedicated a major anthological exhibition to him in
In 2008, the Palazzo Delle Arti in Naples dedicated a personal exhibition to him with the most recent works of art, colored sculptures, paintings and a selection of the latest jewelry.
The following year Barisani was included, from a special commission of the historic and prestigious
In July 2017, the Municipal Gallery of
Notes
- ^ "La Quadriennale di Roma – Arbiq". quadriennalediroma.org.
- ^ Agnisola, Barisani, Renato Barisani. Sperimentatore nel tempo. Opere dal 1935 al 2011
References
- Achille Bonito Oliva, L'opera grafica di Renato Barisani, Portici, 1968
- Enrico Crispolti, Renato Barisani – Opere 1940–1975, Magma Edizioni, Napoli, 1976
- Luigi Paolo Finizio, Il MAC napoletano, 1950–1954, Istituto Grafico Editoriale Italiano, Napoli, 1990
- Arcangelo Izzo, Barisani scultore, sculture 1950 – 1990, Edizioni Morra, Napoli, 1991
- Massimo Bignardi, Barisani, i fotogrammi, Edizioni Napoli C'È, Portici, 1998Napoli C'È
- Massimo Bignardi, Barisani, l'astrazione organica, Edizioni Napoli C'È, San Giorgio a Cremano, 1999
- A. Trimarco, A. Bonito Oliva, R. De Fusco, G. Dorfles, L. Caramel, V. Trione, S. Zuliani, Renato Barisani, Opere 1950 – 2000, 2000 Editoriale Modo, Milano, 2000
- Julia Draganovic, Olga Scotto di Vettimo, Renato Barisani: opere recenti, Electa, Napoli, 2008
- Luigi Papale, Renato Barisani, Renato Barisani, idee, forme, colori, percorsi di vita, Edizioni L'arca e l'arco, Nola, 2008
- Giorgio Agnisola, Fabio Barisani, Renato Barisani. Sperimentatore nel tempo. Opere dal 1935 al 2011, Magonza Editore, Arezzo, 2017
External links
- Un profilo biografico, on caldarelli.it. Retrieved 3 April 2019 (in Italian)
- Contemporary Italian Paintings, on quadriennalediroma.org. Retrieved 3 April 2019 (in Italian)