Giuseppe Capogrossi
Giuseppe Capogrossi (born March 7, 1900 in Rome , Italy ; † October 9, 1972 ibid) was an Italian painter and graphic artist .
life and work
Giuseppe Capogrossi originally studied law and passed his law exam in 1922. From 1927 to 1933 Capogrossi lived and worked in Paris, where he attended various academies and studios for artistic training and further education, and was intensively involved with the various art movements of this time. His works during this period are strongly influenced by the art of Pablo Picasso , but also by Amedeo Modigliani and Pierre-Auguste Renoir .
In 1937 he moved back to Italy. He lived there in Umbria and deepened his painting with motifs from rural life and rural topics. In 1939 he returned to Rome. In 1940 he took on a teaching position at the Liceo Artistico in Rome. In 1947 he went on a long study trip to Austria, where he dealt intensively with the Vienna Secession and the art of Gustav Klimt .
In 1949 he founded the artist group "Origine" together with the artists Alberto Burri , Mario Balloco and Ettore Colla . His painting is now turned towards neocubism . In the 1950s he turned completely away from figuration and only painted abstractly . In 1966 he worked as a teacher at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples .
Capogrossi finally developed his own visual language. He used horizontal, oval and ellipsoidal shapes and configurations, which he designed as relief or as a collage . Grid-like structures and letter-like characters and elements repeatedly appear in his graphics.
His works attract international attention, are exhibited in many countries and are part of the collections of galleries worldwide. Giuseppe Capogrossi was also (among other things) a participant in documenta I (1955) and documenta II (1959) in Kassel .
Giuseppe Capogrossi died on October 9, 1972 in his hometown of Rome .
Exhibitions
- 1973: KasselerKunstVerein , Kassel
literature
- Dietrich Mahlow (Vorw.): Graphics of the world. International prints from the past 25 years . Kunsthalle Nürnberg August 28 to November 28, 1971, Erker Verlag, St. Gallen 1971
- Luca Massimo Barbero: CAPOGROSSI. A retrospective . Marsilio Editori, 2012, ISBN 978-88-317-1307-8
Web links
- Materials by and about Giuseppe Capogrossi in the documenta archive
- Presentation and virtual tour of the exhibition “CAPOGROSSI. A retrospective ” in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Capogrossi, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1972 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |