Alberto Savinio - Artist Info

About Alberto Savinio

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Andrea de Chirico
  • Biography

    Alberto Savinio (real name Andrea De Chirico), one of the most prominent artistic personalities of our century, gave proof of a multifaceted talent that allowed him to excel in many fields. Having benefited, like his brother Giorgio de Chirico, a refined and elitist education, Recep since the stimuli of a young international culture, so that they can be considered one of the first intellectual figure authentically and fully European.

    Born of Italian parents in Athens, where he undertook his musical studies at 15 years, he moved to Monaco of Bavaria, in Germany, due to the death of his father. From here makes some trips to Italy before taking the decision to move to Paris, the heart of intellectual life at that time. In the Fre...

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