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1888 Florence, Italy - 1971 Meudon, Paris, France. Known for: Geometric abstract painting, lithography, collage, concrete art.
Following is an exhibition review published online in The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006. Alberto Magnelli. by Stephanie Buhmann. Leonard Hutton Galleries, January 12-February 16, 2006. An autodidact,... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review published online in The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006. Alberto Magnelli. by Stephanie Buhmann. Leonard Hutton Galleries, January 12-February 16, 2006. An autodidact, Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971) is often considered the first Italian abstract painter. Born in Florence... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review published online in The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006. Alberto Magnelli. by Stephanie Buhmann. Leonard Hutton Galleries, January 12-February 16, 2006. An autodidact, Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971) is often considered the first Italian abstract painter. Born in Florence and deeply inspired by Tuscany's abundant Renaissance treasures, he began painting in his mid-teens. Although he met the Futurists, including Boccioni, Marinetti and Carra, as early as 1911, Magnelli... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review published online in The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006. Alberto Magnelli. by Stephanie Buhmann. Leonard Hutton Galleries, January 12-February 16, 2006. An autodidact, Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971) is often considered the first Italian abstract painter. Born in Florence and deeply inspired by Tuscany's abundant Renaissance treasures, he began painting in his mid-teens. Although he met the Futurists, including Boccioni, Marinetti and Carra, as early as 1911, Magnelli never identified with their ideals and remained an outsider within the Italian avant-garde. Rather, it was in Paris in 1913—after befriending Picasso, Gris, and Léger—that his work, based on simplified, heavily outlined shapes, made its resolute shift... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review published online in The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006. Alberto Magnelli. by Stephanie Buhmann. Leonard Hutton Galleries, January 12-February 16, 2006. An autodidact, Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971) is often considered the first Italian abstract painter. Born in Florence and deeply inspired by Tuscany's abundant Renaissance treasures, he began painting in his mid-teens. Although he met the Futurists, including Boccioni, Marinetti and Carra, as early as 1911, Magnelli never identified with their ideals and remained an outsider within the Italian avant-garde. Rather, it was in Paris in 1913—after befriending Picasso, Gris, and Léger—that his work, based on simplified, heavily outlined shapes, made its resolute shift toward geometric abstraction. However, as the scholar Daniele Abadie points out in the catalogue essay that accompanies... Read full biography
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Following is an exhibition review published online in The Brooklyn Rail, March 2006
Alberto Magnelli
by Stephanie Buhmann
Leonard Hutton Galleries, January 12-February 16, 2006
An autodidact, Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971) is often considered the first Italian abstract painter. Born in Florence and deeply inspired by Tuscany's abundant Renaissance treasures, he began painting in his mid-teens. Although he met the Futurists, including Boccioni, Marinetti and Carra, as early as 1911, Magnelli never identified with their ideals and remained an outsider within the Italian avant-garde. Rather, it was in Paris in 1913—after befriending Picasso, Gris, and Léger—that his work, based on simplified, heavily outlined shapes, m...But wait, there's more...
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