Antonio Bueno Explained

Antonio Bueno
Birth Date:1918 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death Place:Fiesole, Tuscany, Italian Republic
Nationality:Italian
Known For:Painting
Training:Modernist
Movement:Contemporary
Notable Works:Rebus (1968)
Le amiche (1969)
Il pompiere e la modella (1977)
Odalisca (1981)
Donne al tavolo (1983)
Eleonora da Toledo (1984)
Patrons:Edoardo Sanguineti, Piero Chiara, Mario Luzi
Awards:St.Vincent Prize, Marzotto Prize, Fiorino Prize, Modigliani Prize

Antonio Bueno (21 July 1918 – 26 September 1984) was an Italian painter of Spanish origin, who acquired Italian citizenship in 1970. He was born in Berlin while his journalist father was posted there by the newspaper ABC of Madrid.

Life and career

Bueno undertook art studies in Spain and Switzerland. In 1937, he was in Paris, where he exhibited at the Salon des Jeunes; then in 1940 with his brother Xavier, he moved to Italy. After a post-impressionist experience, immediately after World War II he joined the school of Armenian artist Gregorio Sciltian, painting trompe-l'œil work. With Pietro Annigoni and his own brother, Bueno took part in the "Pittori moderni della Realtà (Modern Painters of Reality)" group .[1] A dynamic and restless experimenter, after these experiences he conducted in-depth research in genres: abstract painter in 1950–53 while working as secretary for the Numero magazine; neometaphysic painter with his clay pipe series in 1953–57; verist; materiologic as a follower of Informale with a number of imprint forms in 1960–62; signaletic and pop in the middle of the 1960s; neodada and visual painter – all this as an eternal combinative play of subjects and materials.[2]

Bueno's final affirmation occurred at the Biennale di Venezia of 1984, a few months before his death, when he was already gravely ill: he exhibited a series of magistral work that was highly acclaimed and undoubtedly represents the apex of his whole production.[3]

Exhibitions

(personal and collective)

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Notes and References

  1. See also Life of the Artist on Rizzutoarte.com. Accessed 21 May 2011
  2. Cf. Biography, passim on Settemuse.it. Accessed 21 May 2011
  3. Cf. Biography edited by Tommaso Bueno. Accessed 21 May 2011