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Arturo Bonfanti
Arturo Bonfanti (1905–1978) was an Italian painter born in Bergamo.
Biography.
Having studied at the Andrea Fantoni art school in Bergamo since 1924, Bonfanti moved to Milan in 1926 and devoted his energies to graphic art and interior decoration. It was in the 1930s that he developed relations with the group of abstract artists gravitating around the Galleria del Milione in Milan. He was also influenced by the Metaphysical art of Carlo Carrà and L’Esprit nouveau of Amédée Ozenfant and Le Corbusier. His return to Bergamo during
his artworks. Bonfanti participated in the controversial São Paulo Art Biennial of 1969, which was the subject of an international boycott. He represented Italy in a group exhibition with Mario Radice, Ferruccio Bortoluzzi, Giovanni Korompay, Lucio Saffaro, Piero Rambaudi, and Giuliano Vangi.
In 2012, a Catalogue raisonné of Bonfanti's work was published by Mondadori Electa with texts by Luca Massimo Barbero.
References.
- Antonella Crippa, "Arturo Bonfanti", online catalogue Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC BY-SA