Bruno Caruso (; 8 August 1927 – 4 November 2018) was an
Italian
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artist, graphic designer and writer. He spent much of his adult life working in
Rome
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.
Caruso's work focused on the moral, political and ethical flaws of the 20th Century. He fought against the influence of
Sicilian Mafia
The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (, ; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a secret society, criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. Emerging as a form of ...
in Italian politics, protested against the
Vietnam War
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, campaigned against the use of
straitjacket
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s in psychiatric wards, and championed the rights of Sicilian farmers in their battle for land ownership in the aftermath of
World War II
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.
Over the course of his career, he created more than 25 collections of drawings, founded celebrated Sicilian cultural magazines, ''Sicilia'' and ''Ciclope'', and illustrated works by
Machiavelli,
Kafka,
Leonardo Sciascia,
Giovanni Arpino and
Giuseppe Ungaretti amongst many others.
Caruso's work has ended up in the collections of notable 20th-century patrons of the arts, including
Helena Rubenstein,
Arthur Jeffress and
Irene Brin. In 1993 he was designated a 'commander' of the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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The highest-ranking honour of the Republi ...
, and in 2001 he received the
Gold Medal of Merit for Culture and Art from the
president of Italy
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. He was a member of the prestigious
Accademia di San Luca
The Accademia di San Luca () is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its first ''principe'' or director; ...
.
Life and works
Early life and education (1927–1948)

Bruno Caruso was born in
Palermo
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, on 8 August 1927, to Giuseppe Caruso and Maria Cucco. As a child he learned to draw under the tutelage of his father, mainly copying the work of classical masters like
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested o ...
,
Pisanello
Pisanello (), born Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto, also erroneously called Vittore Pisano by Giorgio Vasari, was one of the most distinguished painters of the early Italian Renaissance and Quattrocento. He was acclaimed b ...
and
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (, ; ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Ancient Rome, Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.
Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with Perspective (graphical), pe ...
. His first collection of drawings was completed at age 5 (1931–32); a
bestiary
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featuring 'Il Cane' (1932), a meticulously crafted drawing of a dog, textured by needlepoint (see image).
Caruso's early influences were the famous
Orto botanico di Palermo and
Monreale Cathedral
Monreale Cathedral () is a Catholic church in Monreale, Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. One of the greatest existent examples of Norman architecture, it was begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily and is dedicated to the Nativity of the V ...
, but as the
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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,
Spanish Civil War
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and eventually
World War II
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ignited, he turned his attention to depicting the horror and isolation of war. At age 19 he left Italy for the second time to visit Munich and the
Kunsthistorisches Museum
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in Vienna, where he was profoundly affected by the work of
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sket ...
and
George Grosz
George Grosz (; ; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Obj ...
.
Immediately after the end of
World War II
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, Caruso signed up to study law at the
University of Palermo
The University of Palermo () is a public university, public research university in Palermo, Italy. It was founded in 1806, and is currently organized in 12 Faculties.
History
The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although it ...
. He earned a living by writing dissertations for exchange students, and claimed to have submitted over 100 successful papers during his time at the university. Having completed his own law degree, he began a second degree in classics, but dropped out following a dispute over the faculty's decision to award an honorary degree to a notorious (but unnamed) Sicilian-American celebrity.
In 1948 Caruso took his first trip to
Prague
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where, confronted by the
Nazi
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atrocities of
World War II
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, he completed his first official collection entitled "Deutschland über alles", after
George Grosz
George Grosz (; ; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Obj ...
.
Artistic director, editor and graphic designer
In 1953 Caruso received a commission from the Sicilian Government to create ''Sicilia'', a magazine series celebrating Sicilian art and culture. As artistic director, Caruso was charged with setting up one of the first modern printing presses in Sicily, and forging strong relationships with artists, intellectuals and photographers from around the world, including
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for ''Harper's Bazaar'', '' Vogue'' and '' Elle'' specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and ...
,
Herbert List and
Brassai. In 1974 the magazine created a special edition in honour of Caruso, featuring a bespoke cover and 117 of his drawings.
The early success of ''Sicilia'' caught the eye of
Irene Brin and Gaspero del Corso, founders of the ''Galleria dell'Obelisco'' in Rome, a famous hub for Italy's artistic elite. Caruso became the director of the gallery's publishing arm and struck up close friendships with poets De Liberto,
Giuseppe Ungaretti and
Leonardo Sinisgalli, and painters
Ben Shahn,
Fabrizio Clerici, Colombotto Rosso and
Renzo Vespignani.
He also published the first books on
The Triumph of Death (Palermo), Italian sculptor
Giacomo Serpotta and German photographer
Wilhelm von Gloeden.
Breakthrough (1952–1956)
Caruso's association with the ''
Galleria dell'Obelisco'' led to his first major solo show in 1953, followed by his first
monograph
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in 1954, curated by
Leonardo Sinisgalli. The collection made Caruso's name internationally, featuring what Sinisgalli labelled ''"a tiny universe of jugglers, sleep-walkers, acrobats, time-wasters, street urchins and craftsmen darting around cheerfully like fish caught in the net of a tragic, silent and unstable world"'',
He had his first solo show in
London
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at the
Arthur Jeffress Gallery in 1955, and saw his work appear in the collections of celebrated patrons of the arts across the
United States
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like
Helena Rubenstein,
Larry Aldrich,
Richard Avedon
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,
Walter Bareiss,
Eric Estorick,
Joan Whitney Payson,
Stanley J. Seeger and
John Hay Whitney
John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was an American venture capitalist, sportsman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, film producer and diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the '' New ...
.
File:Bruno Caruso - Uomo arrampicato - 1950.jpg, ''Uomo Arrampicato/Climbing Man'' (1955). Oil, 90x90.
File:Bruno Caruso - Suonatori ambulanti - 1953.jpg, ''Suonatori ambulanti/Wandering Musicians'' (1953). Oil, 60x50. Nathan Cummings Collection, Chicago.
File:Bruno Caruso - Gelataio - 1953.jpg, ''Gelataio/Ice Cream Seller'' (1953). Oil, 60x50. Formerly in the Helena Rubenstein Collection, New York
File:Bruno Caruso - Uomo Sdraiato - 1952.jpg, ''Uomo sdraiato/Man Lying Down'' (1952). Ink Drawing. Formerly in the Olivetti
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Collection, Rome
File:Bruno Caruso - Giornalaio - 1952.jpg, ''Giornalaio/The News Stand'' (1952). Ink Drawing. Formerly in the Renato Giani Collection, Rome
File:Bruno Caruso - Deposito - 1952.jpg, ''Deposito/Wood Deposit'' (1952). Ink Drawing. Private Collection, Baltimore
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Political drawings (1948–1973)

Back in Sicily, Caruso struck up a friendship with
Girolamo Li Causi, leader of the
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party (, PCI) was a communist and democratic socialist political party in Italy. It was established in Livorno as the Communist Party of Italy (, PCd'I) on 21 January 1921, when it seceded from the Italian Socialist Part ...
, and began actively supporting the local peasant revolts. He completed a collection on the
Portella della Ginestra massacre, and campaigned actively for the cultural emancipation of Sicily against the rise of
the Mafia. His fight against the endemic corruption in Italian politics climaxed in the 1970s when he was fighting three concurrent legal cases against
Michele Sindona,
Giovanni Gioia and
Vito Ciancimino.
Throughout the 1950s he worked at Palermo's Psychiatric Hospital (the ''Real Casa dei Matti di Palermo''), producing a damning series of studies highlighting the use of medieval curing techniques and abject conditions in the wards, contributing to a major overhaul of the system. He returned to this theme throughout his career in collections like ''Manicomio'' (1969) and ''La Real Casa dei Matti'' (1975).
Over the following years Caruso travelled extensively to
Iran
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,
India
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,
Thailand
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and
Japan
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, studying
Persian calligraphy
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History
After the introduction of Islam in the 7th century, Persians adapted the Arabi ...
and completing a series of drawings on
dictatorships,
famine
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, and the threat of
nuclear warfare
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. These drawings formed part of four collections; ''Il Pugno di ferro / The Iron Fist'' (1962); ''Pace in terra / Peace on Earth'' (1963); ''Totum procedit ex amore'' (1964); and ''La Tigre di carta / The Paper Tiger'' (1964).
He returned to the
United States
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in the month of the
Kennedy assassination, guest of
Jack Levine,
Tennessee Williams
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and
Ben Shahn. On this trip he completed commissions for
''Time'',
''Fortune'' and
''Life'' magazines and, inspired by a meeting with
Malcolm X
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Islam in the United States, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figur ...
, began work on ''Americana'' (1968) in which he championed the
Civil Rights Movement and stood against the
Vietnam War
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.
The fight against the
Vietnam War
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became one of Caruso's most active political stands. He was invited to Hanoi by
Phạm Văn Đồng
Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam, following reunification of North and South Viet ...
, the
prime minister
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of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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, and edited four books in support of their plight, including ''Vietnam: Biographia e documenti sull'aggressione imperialistica contro il popolo Vietnamita'' (1972). In 1972 he illustrated the last testament of
Ho Chi Minh
(born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first President of Vietnam, president of the ...
.
File:1959 - Malcolm, drawing for 'Americana'.jpg, ''Malcolm'' (1959). Ink Drawing for ''Americana''.
File:Bruno Caruso - La Corsa Pazza, 1954.jpg, ''La corsa pazza/The Lunatic Run'' (1954). Ink and watercolour.
File:Bruno Caruso - Eichmann - 1963.jpg, ''Eichmann'' (1954). Ink Drawing for ''Pace in terra''.
File:Bruno Caruso - Rivolta - 1961 .jpg, ''Rivolta/Revolt'' (1961). Ink Drawing, 63x50.
File:Bruno Caruso- Ammazziamo chi ci pare e piace - 1963.jpg, ''Ammazziamo chi ci pare e piace/We Kill Whoever we Please'' (1963). Ink Drawing for ''Pace in terra''
File:Bruno Caruso - The Guilt Complex - 1964.jpg, ''Il complesso di colpa/The Guilt Complex'' (1964). Ink Drawing for Franz Kafka
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's The Penal Colony.
Death (2018)
Bruno Caruso died on 4 November 2018 at the ''Regina Margherita'' hospice in
Rome
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. He was 91 years old. Days before his death his son, Roberto Caruso, gave him a pencil and paper and, despite having refused to work for almost two years, he completed one final drawing; a melted, disfigured face (see image).
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Museum collections
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Bruno Caruso at the WLD Foundation
Portrait
by Sanford H. Roth at the Art Institute of Chicago
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Portrait
by Sanford H. Roth at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Key collections
Key monographs
Exhibitions (1950–1965)
* 1951 — Palermo
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, Galleria Zabara: Sicilian Painters
* 1951 — Palermo
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, Giovane Sicilia: Contemporary Painters
* 1952 — Palermo
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, La Serenella: Bruno Caruso
* 1952 — Palermo
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, Galleria Arcobaleno: Bruno Caruso
* 1954 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Joie de Vivre
* 1954 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
* 1954 — Venice
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, Venice Biennale
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* 1954 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: 5 Painters, 5 Sculptors, American Federation of Arts
* 1954 — Cincinnati
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, Cincinnati Museum of Modern Art: Young Italian Painters
* 1954 — Wakefield
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, Wakefield City Art Gallery: Contemporary Italian Art
* 1955 — US Tour, 20 Imaginary Views of the American Scene by 20 Italian Artists
* 1955 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Around the World
* 1955 — London
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, Arthur Jeffress Gallery: Bruno Caruso
* 1955 — Venice
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, Third Esso
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Prize
* 1955 — Milan
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, Galleria del Sole: Paintings & Drawings by Bruno Caruso
* 1955 — Rome
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, VII Rome Quadriennale
* 1955 — Prato
Prato ( ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of , at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana ch ...
, 60 Masters for the Next 30 Years
* 1955 — Minnesota
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, Weisman Art Museum
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: Contemporary Italian Art
* 1955 — Sydney
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, L'Obelisco of Rome at David Jones
* 1956 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
* 1956 — Zürich
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, Galerie H.U. Gasser: Bruno Caruso
* 1956 — London
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, Tate Gallery
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: Modern Italian Art
* 1956 — Turin
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, Galleria la Bussola: Bruno Caruso
* 1956 — Venice
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, Galleria del Cavallino: Bruno Caruso
* 1957 — Rome
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, Galleria d'Arte Moderna: In support of Exiled Hungarian Artists
* 1958 — Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
, Galleria Flaccovio: Bruno Caruso
* 1958 — Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, La Permanente: Young Italian Artists
* 1958 — London
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, Arthur Jeffress Gallery: Bruno Caruso
* 1958 — Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
* 1958 — Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
, Akademie Der Kunst: Italienische Kunst Am XX Jahrhundert
* 1958 — Paris
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, Galerie d'Art Moderne: Paris Biennale
* 1959 — Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
, Pintura Italiana
* 1959 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
* 1959 — San Francisco
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, Museum of Modern Art: Italy Three Directions
* 1959 — Pisa
Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...
, Contemporary Italian Graphic Work
* 1959 — Paris
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, Galerie Rive Gauche: Bruno Caruso
* 1959 — Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum: 20th Century Art of Italy
* 1960 — Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
, Galleria del Teatro: Bruno Caruso
* 1960 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso, New York Drawings
* 1961 — Rome
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, Galleria Chiurazzi: 7 works by Bruno Caruso
* 1961 — São Paulo
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, Galleria Sistina: Bruno Caruso
* 1961 — Modena
Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025.
A town, and seat of an archbis ...
, Sala Comunale: Bruno Caruso
* 1961 — Genoa
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, Galleria San Matteo: Bruno Caruso
* 1961 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: The Sculptures of Bruno Caruso
* 1961 — Rome
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, Galleria Il Torcoliere: Bruno Caruso, Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs
* 1961 — Rome
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, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Against Nazism
* 1961 — Naples
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, Galleria Il Centro: Bruno Caruso
* 1961 — Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Galleria la Colonna: Bruno Caruso
* 1962 — Rome
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, Libreria al Ferro di Cavallo: Bruno Caruso, Pugno di Ferro
* 1962 — Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
, Galleria Bianco e Nero: Bruno Caruso
* 1962 — Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Galleria Hoepli: Don't Forget
* 1962 — New York, ACA Gallery: Italian Art Today
* 1963 — Tokyo
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, Institute of Culture: Bruno Caruso and Franco Gentilini
* 1963 — Rome
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, Galleria Don Chiscotte: Bruno Caruso
* 1963 — Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Galleria Gianferrari: Bruno Caruso
* 1963 — Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...
, Galleria La Panchetta: Bruno Caruso
* 1963 — New York, D'Arcy Gallery: Italian Drawing Today
* 1963 — Alexandria
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, V Biennale of the Mediterranean
* 1963 — Hamburg
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, Copenhagen: Junge Italienische Malerei
* 1963 — Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, Galleria Don Chiscotte: Masters of Italian Painting
* 1963 — Rome
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, Galleria Sistina: Inauguration of 1963/64 Program
* 1964 — Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
, Arte al Borgo: Bruno Caruso
* 1964 — Ferrara
Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...
, Galleria Bigoni: Bruno Caruso
* 1964 — Rome
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, ACA Gallery: Bruno Caruso
* 1964 — Rome
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, Galleria Il Fante di Spade: New Italian Drawings
* 1964 — Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Galleria 32: Caruso, Guttuso, Porzano
* 1964 — Padua
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, Galleria Interni: Bruno Caruso
* 1964 — Moscow
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, Exhibition of 6 Graphic Artists
* 1964 — Rome
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, Galleria Penelope: Anthology of Drawings and Etchings
* 1965 — Rome
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, Galleria Bianco e Nero: Bruno Caruso
* 1965 — Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Galleria 32: Bruno Caruso
* 1965 — Turin
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, Galleria l'Approdo: Paintings of Bruno Caruso
* 1965 — Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...
, Galleria la Panchetta: Graphic work of Bruno Caruso
* 1965 — Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Cartanissètta)'' is an Italian comune with a population of 58,012 inhabitants, serving as the capital of the Province of Caltanissetta, free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta in Sicily.
The earl ...
, Graphic work of Bruno Caruso
* 1965 — Rome
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, Palazzo delle Espozizioni: Quadriennale d'Arte
* 1965 — Rome
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, ANPPIA: Anti-fascism and Resistance
* 1965 — Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, La Permanente: Biennale di Milano
* 1965 — Florence
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Florence ...
, Palazzo Strozzi: XVII National Exhibition, Fiorino Award
* 1965 — Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...
, The Scalarini National Award for Political Drawings
References
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1927 births
2018 deaths
Writers from Palermo
Painters from Palermo
20th-century Italian male artists
Italian graphic designers
Italian contemporary artists
Italian resistance movement members
20th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian neorealism