Afro Basaldella (1912 - 1976)

Afro Basaldella (1912 - 1976) - photo 1

Afro Basaldella

Afro Basaldella was an Italian abstractionist painter, a representative of lyrical abstraction, better known as Afro.

Afro's father and uncle were decorators, his two older brothers became sculptors, and to avoid confusion with surnames, the artist began signing his works with his first name only. Bazaldella trained in Florence, Venice and Rome. Shortly after graduation, his first monographic exhibition was held in Milan.

From 1935, Afro exhibited regularly at the Quadrennale in Rome and the Biennale in Venice. He made frescoes, notably for the Udine Opera House, and mosaics, and tried his hand at painting in a variety of directions. In 1941 he became a lecturer in mosaic painting at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1950 he caused a sensation in the United States, and by the mid-1950s Afro's art was world famous.

Afro interpreted the Italian tradition in a modern abstract form that resulted from his painterly studies of color harmony.

Date and place of birt:4 march 1912, Udine, Italy
Date and place of death:24 july 1976, Zurich, Switzerland
Nationality:Italy
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Art school / group:Italian school
Art style:Abstract art, Abstract Expressionism, Tachisme, Informalism, Lyrical abstraction, Contemporary art

Creators Italy

Niccolo Di Ser Sozzo Tegliacci (1334 - 1363)
Niccolo Di Ser Sozzo Tegliacci
1334 - 1363
Paris Bordone (1500 - 1570)
Paris Bordone
1500 - 1570
Federico Andreotti (1847 - 1930)
Federico Andreotti
1847 - 1930
Martin Verstappen (1773 - 1852)
Martin Verstappen
1773 - 1852
Salvatore Tonci (1756 - 1844)
Salvatore Tonci
1756 - 1844
Alexander Antonovich Rizzoni (1836 - 1902)
Alexander Antonovich Rizzoni
1836 - 1902
Francesco Fidanza (1747 - 1819)
Francesco Fidanza
1747 - 1819
Filippo Abbiati (1640 - 1715)
Filippo Abbiati
1640 - 1715
Tommaso di Mascio Scarafone (1455 - 1521)
Tommaso di Mascio Scarafone
1455 - 1521
Lodovico Pogliaghi (1857 - 1950)
Lodovico Pogliaghi
1857 - 1950
Gastone Novelli (1925 - 1968)
Gastone Novelli
1925 - 1968
Friedrich Geselschap (1835 - 1898)
Friedrich Geselschap
1835 - 1898
Camillo Procaccini (1551 - 1629)
Camillo Procaccini
1551 - 1629
Gaetano Pesce (1939 - 2024)
Gaetano Pesce
1939 - 2024
Eugenio Benvenuti (1881 - 1959)
Eugenio Benvenuti
1881 - 1959
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770)
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696 - 1770

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Corinne Cuéllar-Nathan (1958)
Corinne Cuéllar-Nathan
1958
Georges Alexandre Malkine (1898 - 1970)
Georges Alexandre Malkine
1898 - 1970
Micha Ullman (1939)
Micha Ullman
1939
Yehudit Sasportas (1969)
Yehudit Sasportas
1969
Zhou Qianqiu (1910 - 2006)
Zhou Qianqiu
1910 - 2006
Karl Otto Götz (1914 - 2017)
Karl Otto Götz
1914 - 2017
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster (1882 - 1949)
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster
1882 - 1949
Michael Heizer (1944)
Michael Heizer
1944
Bill Jacklin (1943)
Bill Jacklin
1943
Nikolai Ivanovich Andronov (1929 - 1998)
Nikolai Ivanovich Andronov
1929 - 1998
Scott Kahn (1946)
Scott Kahn
1946
Helmut Schober (1947)
Helmut Schober
1947
Bjorn Norgaard (1947)
Bjorn Norgaard
1947
Thomas Stimm (1948)
Thomas Stimm
1948
Patrick Réault (1955)
Patrick Réault
1955
Konrad Klapheck (1935 - 2023)
Konrad Klapheck
1935 - 2023