- Emilio Vedova
Emilio Vedova (
August 9 1919 −October 25 2006 ) was an Italian modern painter, considered one of the most important to emerge in his country's artistic scene afterWorld War II .Vedova was born in
Venice into a working-class family. After an initial formative experience withinExpressionism , he joined the group "Corrente" (1942-43), which included other artists such asRenato Guttuso andRenato Birolli . He participated in the Resistenza and played a key role in the post-war Italian art movement, which was opening up and contributing originally to the Europeanavant-garde . In 1946 he co-signed the manifesto of the "Fronte Nuovo delle Arti", which included several Italian artists who were to become famous. In 1952 he became a member the influential "Gruppo degli Otto" (Afro, Birolli, Corpora, Santomaso, Morlotti, Vedova, Moreni, Turcato), organised by the critic Lionello Venturi. His work exerted a significant influence on theArte Povera group.He later established a fruitful cooperation with composer
Luigi Nono , designing scenographies and costumes for the operaIntolleranza (1960). In 1984 he designed a highly original light setting for Nono's operaPrometeo atLa Fenice . Nono dedicated to Vedova his first work for magnetic tape "Omaggio a Vedova"(1960).Vedova spent most of his life in Venice, where he taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti from 1975 to his death; his wife Annabianca predeceased him a month earlier.
External links
* [http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/italiano/06_artisti/vedova.htm Biography] , from the
Peggy Guggenheim Collection 's site.
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/20/db2002.xml Obituary] , fromThe Daily Telegraph
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