Mario Tozzi (30 October 1895 – 8 September 1979) was an Italian painter. He was awarded the
Legion of Honour
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by the French government.
Biography
Tozzi studied at the
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna in Italy where he met
Giorgio Morandi and
Osvaldo Licini. He graduated in 1916.
After the First World War, he moved to Paris, France and founded the ''Groupe des Sept'' (also known as ''Les Italiens de Paris'') with
Massimo Campigli,
Giorgio de Chirico,
Filippo De Pisis,
Renato Paresce,
Alberto Savinio and
Gino Severini
Gino Severini (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Italian Painting, painter and a leading member of the Futurism (art), Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classici ...
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Tozzi returned to Rome in 1936. His work was exhibited at the
Venice Biennale
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in 1938, 1942, 1948, 1952 and 1954.
He returned to France in 1971, dying there in 1979.
A catalogue raisonné of his paintings was published In 1988 by Giorgio Mondadori Editore and edited by Marilena Pasquali.
Public collections
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Centre Georges Pompidou
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, Paris, France
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Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon, France
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Museum of Fine Arts Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Pushkin Museum
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, Moscow, Russia
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Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy
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Bologna Museum of Modern Art
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Histor ...
, Bologna, Italy
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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
References
Further reading
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External links
Archives of the Works of Mario Tozzi
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1895 births
1979 deaths
20th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
People from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna alumni
20th-century Italian male artists