Toni del Renzio

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Antonino Romanov del Renzio dei Rossi di Castellone e Venosa (Toni del Renzio) (15 April 1915 – 7 January 2007),[1] an artist and writer of Italian and Russian parentage, was leader of the British Surrealist Group for a period.

He brought to the British School a wide range of contacts, editorial organization, motivation and philosophy at a time of wartime hiatus. He was born at

Fascist agents by the time he fled to France about a year later.[3]

Surrealism

In 1938 in

Second World War,[2] he was on the fringes of the Surrealist group and had a brief affair with Emmy Bridgwater. His key work Arson: An ardent review, Part One of a Surrealist Manifestation in 1942 was partially financed by Ithell Colquhoun,[4] whom he married in 1943 and divorced in 1948.[1] Also in 1942 he mounted a London exhibition entitled Surrealism, resulting in more general recognition.[5] Toni del Renzio remained an active pamphleteer until just before his death. He was actively pamphleted against himself by other British surrealists such as E. L. T. Mesens and Conroy Maddox[6] during the time the British movement again found direction with the definitive split with him in 1946.[7]

Renzio was involved in the Independent Group in the 1950s and contributed to the 1956 seminal art exhibition This Is Tomorrow.[1]

Renzio worked as a journalist, art and film director, actor and lecturer, continuing his collage and painting until shortly before he died at Margate, Kent, England. He was survived by his wife, Doris, and their two daughters and two sons who were born as quadruplets when he was aged 70.[1]

"He may have been hated, betrayed and ridiculed, but he certainly was not and could not be ignored."

— Silvano Levy[8]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cardinal 2007
  2. ^ a b c d Levy 2005, page 3
  3. ^ Levy 2005, page 7
  4. ^ Levy 2005, page 5
  5. ^ Levy 2005, page 9
  6. ^ Levy 2005, page 12
  7. ^ Levy 2005, page 22
  8. ^ Levy 2005, page 25
Sources
  • Levy, Silvano (2005). "The del Renzio Affair: A leadership struggle in wartime surrealism". Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  • Cardinal, Roger (2007). "Obituary:Toni del Renzio". Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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