Eugenio Carmi (17 February 1920 – 16 February 2016) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He is considered to have been one of the main exponents of abstractionism in Italy.[1][2]
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Born | 17 February 1920 (1920-02-17) Genoa, Italy |
Died | 16 February 2016 (2016-02-17) (aged 95) Lugano, Switzerland |
Occupation | Painter, sculptor |
Born in Genoa, in 1938 Carmi moved to Switzerland because of the racial laws imposed by Benito Mussolini. He graduated in Chemistry at the ETH Zurich.[1][2] Carmi returned to Italy after the war, where he studied painting with Felice Casorati and sculpture with Guido Galletti.[1]
In the early 1950s, Carmi abandoned the informal style and adopted a geometric rigor in his works.[1] His works often used factory materials such as welded steel and iron.[1]
Between 1958 and 1965 Carmi collaborated with the steel company Italsider (later Ilva) as their responsible for the image.[1][2] In 1963 he founded with Flavio Costantini and Emanuele Luzzati the cooperative of artists Galleria del Deposito.[1] A close friend of Umberto Eco, he collaborated with him on several projects.[3] He also taught in several academies.[3]
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