Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Portland, OR 97205
Page loaded successfully. Showing museums for Afro.
Artist Museums
Museums page for Afro ((1912 - 1976)), known for Abstract, cubist painting, murals, teaching. Showing 3 museum collections and exhibitions.
Afro MUSEUMS
1912 Udine, Italy - 1976 Zurich, Switzerland. Known for: Abstract, cubist painting, murals, teaching.
Afro Basaldella (March 4, 1912 -July 24, 1976) was an Italian painter and a member of the expressionist* style of artists, Scuola Romana*. He was generally known by the single name Afro. Born in... Read full biography
Afro Basaldella (March 4, 1912 -July 24, 1976) was an Italian painter and a member of the expressionist* style of artists, Scuola Romana*. He was generally known by the single name Afro. Born in Udine, Afro first showed his work when he was sixteen, alongside the paintings of his artist brothers,... Read full biography
Afro Basaldella (March 4, 1912 -July 24, 1976) was an Italian painter and a member of the expressionist* style of artists, Scuola Romana*. He was generally known by the single name Afro. Born in Udine, Afro first showed his work when he was sixteen, alongside the paintings of his artist brothers, Dino and Mirko. Two years later he won a scholarship to study art in Rome. By 1933 he was exhibiting at the Galleria del Milione in Milan. In 1935 he participated in the Rome Quadriennale art... Read full biography
Afro Basaldella (March 4, 1912 -July 24, 1976) was an Italian painter and a member of the expressionist* style of artists, Scuola Romana*. He was generally known by the single name Afro. Born in Udine, Afro first showed his work when he was sixteen, alongside the paintings of his artist brothers, Dino and Mirko. Two years later he won a scholarship to study art in Rome. By 1933 he was exhibiting at the Galleria del Milione in Milan. In 1935 he participated in the Rome Quadriennale art exhibition, and he showed his work several times at the Venice Biennale*. Afro followed the School of Rome, creating murals and taking part in the neo-Cubism movement. Afro traveled to New York in 1950 and began a twenty-year collaboration with the Catherine... Read full biography
Afro Basaldella (March 4, 1912 -July 24, 1976) was an Italian painter and a member of the expressionist* style of artists, Scuola Romana*. He was generally known by the single name Afro. Born in Udine, Afro first showed his work when he was sixteen, alongside the paintings of his artist brothers, Dino and Mirko. Two years later he won a scholarship to study art in Rome. By 1933 he was exhibiting at the Galleria del Milione in Milan. In 1935 he participated in the Rome Quadriennale art exhibition, and he showed his work several times at the Venice Biennale*. Afro followed the School of Rome, creating murals and taking part in the neo-Cubism movement. Afro traveled to New York in 1950 and began a twenty-year collaboration with the Catherine Viviano Gallery. The different cultural climate and the diversity of the American art scene of the period... Read full biography
Afro - Artist Info
About Afro: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128UTSA Main Art Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
Art Building 2.03.04
San Antonio, TX 78249