Enrico Castellani (4 August 1930 – 1 December 2017) was an Italian artist. He was active in Italy from the early 1960s, and associated with
Piero Manzoni
Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo, better known as Piero Manzoni (July 13, 1933 – February 6, 1963) was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of Yves Klein, his own work antici ...
and . Castellani is known for his "paintings of light".
He studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
, then settled in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
. Castellani collaborated with artists such as
Getulio Alviani
Getulio Alviani (5 September 1939 in Udine – 24 February 2018 in Milan) was an Italian painter based in Milan. He is considered to be an important International Optical - kinetic artist.
Life and work
Alviani was born in Udine, where he sho ...
,
Piero Manzoni
Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo, better known as Piero Manzoni (July 13, 1933 – February 6, 1963) was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of Yves Klein, his own work antici ...
, and others. In 2010 he received the
Praemium Imperiale
Prince Takamatsu
The Praemium Imperiale ( ja, 高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞, Takamatsu-no-miya Denka Kinen Sekai Bunka-shō, World Culture Prize in Memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu) is an international art prize inaugur ...
for painting.
He died on 1 December 2017 at his home, the Castello Orsini of
Celleno, in the
province
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of
Viterbo
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in
Lazio
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References
* ''Enrico Castellani, New Angular, Double Angular, 2009-2011'' in "MozArt" - edited by Bruno Corà, Perugia, 3Arte - Ali&no editrice, n.1, 2012, p. 6-14 - ISBN 978-88-6254-092-6
External links
Art Directory: Enrico Castellani*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110223204646/http://www.haunchofvenison.com/en/index.php#page=home.artists.enrico_castellani Hauch of Venison: Enrico CastellaniA tribute to Enrico Castellani with photos and interview from Cà Pesaro Venice exhibition, September 2012
1930 births
2017 deaths
20th-century Italian painters
20th-century Italian male artists
Italian male painters
21st-century Italian painters
Italian contemporary artists
21st-century Italian male artists
People from the Province of Rovigo
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