Sandro Chia

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Sandro Chia
Born
Alessandro Chia
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Sandro Chia (born 20 April 1946) is an Italian painter and sculptor.

Transavanguardia by Achille Bonito Oliva.[3]

Life

Chia was born in

Nordrhein-Westfalen in West Germany, on a study grant.[2] Later that year he moved to New York in the United States, where he lived for more than twenty years.[4][6] In 1984–1985 he taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.[1]

Work

Chia's early work tended towards

Transavanguardia".[7]

Notes

  1. Enciclopedia Italiana gives a different date of birth, 26 February 1946.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Alexandra Andresen (2000). Chia, Sandro (in Italian). Enciclopedie Italiana, appendix VI. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Chia, Sandro. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (subscription required).
  3. ^ Transavanguardia (in Italian). Enciclopedie on line. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Chìa, Sandro (in Italian). Enciclopedie on line. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2018.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T016388
    . (subscription required).
  6. ^ [s.n.] (2012). Chia, Sandro (in Italian). Lessico del XXI Secolo. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed March 2018.
  7. ^ a b Daniel Soutif (1 February 2003) Trans-Avanguardia. Artforum International. (subscription required).

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