- Carlo Battaglia
Carlo Battaglia was born in
La Maddalena (Sassari), Sardinia in 1933.He studied stage design at the
Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, graduating in 1957 with a final thesis onJackson Pollock . In 1962, thanks to a grant, he moved to Paris. In 1967, he lived for several months in New York, where he established friendships with Reinhart, Motherwell andRothko .In 1970, he was invited to the 35th
Venice Biennale , exhibiting the Maree for the first time, which introduced a theme that preoccupied him throughout his life. Carlo Battaglia’s most important exhibitions include retrospectives at thePalazzo Grassi , in Venice in 1967, thePalazzo di Diamanti in Ferrara in 1976 and theKunsthalle in Düsseldorf in 1978.He also participated in a number of group shows of Italian contemporary art including the
Hirshhorn Museum in Washington in 1974, theBoymans Museum in Rotterdam in 1977 and theHoward Gallery in London. In 1978 and 1980, he participated in the 40th and the 43rdVenice Biennale . From 1980 on, he increasingly isolated himself and painted in total solitude.Carlo Battaglia died on the morning of
January 17 ,2005 .
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