Aligi Sassu was born in Milan. Together with his friend and futurist designer Bruno Munari, he introduced himself to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Read the full biography
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Aligi Sassu was born in Milan. Together with his friend and futurist designer Bruno Munari, he introduced himself to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. This meeting was fruitful: in 1928 he was invited by Marinetti to participate with his works in the Venice Biennale. In those years he was able to become well acquainted with the works of Boccioni and Carlo Carrà, and Gaetano Previati. In 1934 he stayed for a period of three months in Paris studying in depth the works of Matisse, Gericault, Delacroix, Cezanne. In 1935 he formed the Gruppo Rosso with Nino Franchina, Vittorio Della Porta and others. From 1936 is Il Caffè, one of his most famous paintings which represents the Coupole of Paris, as well as I Concilii, a satirical vision of the clergy of Rome. In 1943 he illustrated Manzoni's "The Betrothed". Returning to Sardinia in 1950, he drew inspiration from the landscapes that surrounded him and painted scenes of peasant and seafaring life. In 1965 his drawings and sculptures were exhibited at the Galleria Civica of Monza. His activity continued uninterruptedly with exhibitions in public and private institutions until his death at 88.
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