Afro Basaldella (1912 - 1976)

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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

Luigi Guardigli (1923 - 2008)
Luigi Guardigli
1923 - 2008
Johann Nepomuk Rauch (1804 - 1847)
Johann Nepomuk Rauch
1804 - 1847
Alberto Garutti (1948)
Alberto Garutti
1948
Clemente Ruta (1685 - 1767)
Clemente Ruta
1685 - 1767
Edoardo Alfieri (1913 - 1998)
Edoardo Alfieri
1913 - 1998
Nicola Viso (1724 - 1742)
Nicola Viso
1724 - 1742
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695 - 1750)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
1695 - 1750
Bartolomeo Cesi (1556 - 1629)
Bartolomeo Cesi
1556 - 1629
Vittorio Amedeo Cignaroli (1730 - 1800)
Vittorio Amedeo Cignaroli
1730 - 1800
Eduard Ender (1822 - 1883)
Eduard Ender
1822 - 1883
Piero Manzoni (1933 - 1963)
Piero Manzoni
1933 - 1963
Herbert Haseltine (1877 - 1962)
Herbert Haseltine
1877 - 1962
Antonio Zatta (1722 - 1804)
Antonio Zatta
1722 - 1804
Riccardo Licata (1929 - 2014)
Riccardo Licata
1929 - 2014
Antonio Rizzi (1869 - 1940)
Antonio Rizzi
1869 - 1940
Paolo de Matteis (1662 - 1728)
Paolo de Matteis
1662 - 1728

Creators Abstract Expressionism

Stepan Gavrilovich Mamchich (1924 - 1974)
Stepan Gavrilovich Mamchich
1924 - 1974
Joseph Lacasse (1894 - 1975)
Joseph Lacasse
1894 - 1975
Andrea C. Hoffer (1964)
Andrea C. Hoffer
1964
Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal (1914 - 2009)
Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal
1914 - 2009
Xawery Dunikowski (1875 - 1964)
Xawery Dunikowski
1875 - 1964
Bernhard Heiliger (1915 - 1995)
Bernhard Heiliger
1915 - 1995
Margarita Ivanovna Selskaya-Reich (1903 - 1980)
Margarita Ivanovna Selskaya-Reich
1903 - 1980
Marino Marini (1901 - 1980)
Marino Marini
1901 - 1980
Jonathan Monk (1969)
Jonathan Monk
1969
Peter Nagel (1941)
Peter Nagel
1941
Jürgen Rose (1937)
Jürgen Rose
1937
Robert Lebeck (1929 - 2014)
Robert Lebeck
1929 - 2014
Vico Magistretti (1920 - 2006)
Vico Magistretti
1920 - 2006
 XOOOOX (1979)
XOOOOX
1979
Carl Rösch (1884 - 1979)
Carl Rösch
1884 - 1979
Magdalena Abele (1986)
Magdalena Abele
1986
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