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Renato Marino Mazzacurati (22 July 1907 – 18 September 1969) was an Italian painter and sculptor belonging to the modern movement of the Scuola romana (Roman School), of eclectic styles and able within his career span to represent the artistic currents of Cubism, Expressionism, and Realism. He believed that art could sustain social functions.[1]

Renato Marino Mazzacurati
Born	(1907-07-22)22 July 1907 Galliera, Italy
Died	18 September 1969(1969-09-18) (aged 62) Parma, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Education	Scuola romana
Known for	Painting, sculpture
Notable work	Imperatori e Imperatrici (Emperors & Empresses) Monumento al Partigiano (Monument to the Partisan) Lottatori (Wrestlers) Ritratto di Scipione (Portrait of Scipione)
Movement	Contemporary
Patron(s)	Roberto Longhi

Biography

Moved to Rome in 1926, he befriended Scipione, Mario Mafai and Raphaël, creating with them an artistic movement called by Italian scholar Roberto Longhi the Scuola di via Cavour or Scuola Romana.[2]

In 1931 Mazzacurati went to Paris, where he became particularly interested in the works of Rodin, Matisse and Picasso, as both his pictorial production (between 1931 and 1935) and his sculptures show. Their expressionism emphasizes the physical structure, as in Ritratto del conte N. (Portrait of Count N., 1936), or deforms it into monstrously grotesque figures – e.g., see Imperatori e Imperatrici (Emperors & Empresses, 1942–1943). Subsequently, Mazzacurati tended towards a cruder realism, joining in 1947 the "Fronte Nuovo delle Arti". His other works include Martyrs’ Monument in Beirut (1960),[3] Monumento al Partigiano (Monumento to the Partisan) in Parma (1964) and the Monumento alle quattro giornate (Monument to the Four days of Naples) in Naples.[4] His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[5]

See also

• Scuola Romana
• Expressionism
• Realism (arts)
• Cubism

Notes

Bibliography

• G.C. Argan, Marino Mazzacurati on "Atti dell'Accademia Nazionale di S. Luca", Rome 1965-66
• M. Maccari, Mazzacurati, catalogue, Accademia Nazionale di S. Luca, Rome 1966
• V. Martinelli, "Scipione e Mazzacurati pittore", on Studi in onore di V. Viale, Turin 1967
• Marino Mazzacurati, catalogue by the Municipality of Reggio Emilia 1983, with essays by R. De Grada, G.C. Argan, R. Guttuso, et al.
• M. De Luca, V. Mazzarella, R. Ruscio, Il Museo Marino Mazzacurati (The Mazzacurati Museum), Reggio Emilia 1995

External links

• (in English) Mazzacurati on Artcyclopedia. Accessed 28/05/2011
• (in English) Monumento to the Partisan, image on Ilovefiguresculpture.com. Accessed 28/05/2011
• (in English) Fat man with child, image on Ilovefiguresculpture.com. Accessed 28/05/2011
• (in Italian) Artist's News, on Scuolaromana.it. Accessed 28/05/2011
• (in Italian) Lottatori (Wrestlers), sculpture (1943), image on Scuolaromana.it. Accessed 27/05/2011
• (in Italian) Ritratto di Scipione (Portrait of Scipione), oil on canvas (1929), image on Scuolaromana.it. Accessed 27/05/2011
• (in Italian) Mazzacurati's Bio, on Scultura Italiana. Accessed 28/05/2011

На других языках

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- [en] Marino Mazzacurati

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[es] Renato Marino Mazzacurati

Marino Renato Mazzacurati (San Venanzio di Galliera, 1907-Parma, 1969), pintor y escultor italiano. De espíritu curioso, apasionado, inquieto fundador de la primera “Scuola Romana”, la que se también fue llamada “Escuela de Via Cavour”, porque sus componentes Scipione, el propio Mazzacurati y Antonietta Raphael y su marido Mario Mafai, residían en dos apartamentos, en el mismo piso de un edificio de Via Cavour. La Escuela de la Via Cavour, agrupó a artistas opuestos al conservadurismo y filofascismo del Novecento.

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[it] Renato Marino Mazzacurati

Renato Marino Mazzacurati (Galliera, 22 luglio 1907 – Parma, 18 settembre 1969) è stato uno scultore e pittore italiano e uno dei rappresentanti della cosiddetta Scuola Romana, capace nell'arco della sua carriera produttiva di avvicinarsi e rappresentare le correnti artistiche del cubismo, dell'espressionismo e del realismo, dimostrando un'importante apertura mentale per quel che concerneva le arti. La politica ebbe un ruolo fondamentale per la sua produzione. Egli riteneva infatti che l'arte potesse svolgere una funzione sociale[1].

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