Ugo Attardi

Ugo Attardi (born March 12, 1923 near Genoa , † July 20, 2006 in Rome ) was an Italian painter , sculptor and writer .

Life

Ugo Attardi, who was born near the Italian city of Genoa and grew up in Palermo , was one of the most famous artists in Italy. After the Second World War he was a co-founder of the Forma 1 group , which came into being in 1945 as an association of artists in the field of abstract art . In the following years his works were increasingly influenced by Expressionism . Since the 1950s he was regularly represented at the Venice Art Biennale. Italian museums have devoted numerous solo exhibitions to him and some of his sculptures can be found worldwide, for example the statue of Aeneas in Valletta, Malta . As a writer, he wrote studies and novels , including the book L'erede selvaggio ("The Wild Legacy"), for which he received the prestigious Premio Viareggio in 1971 .

Ugo Attardi died in Rome on July 20, 2006 at the age of 83.