Gianpaolo Lazzaro - Artist Info

About Gianpaolo Lazzaro

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    Gianpaolo Lazzaro (Padua, 4 February 1911 – Milan, 20 December 1977) was an Italian painter active in the Italian avant-garde from the 1930s to the 1970s. His paintings are signed simply with the name Gianpaolo.

    After completing his studies at age 16 at the Brera Academy in Milan 1927, he accompanied Francesco Dal Pozzo to Siam (now Thailand), where he had been invited to teach drawing at the Royal Academy of Bangkok. The young artist held his first exhibition there, which was favourably received by the local press (Bangkok Daily Mail, 8 September 1928).

    He spent a year in Siam, absorbing its atmosphere into his work, before returning to Padua. At age 18, he exhibited at the XVII Venice Biennale. In 1931 he moved to Mil...

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