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1988 The studio on Via Orti della Farnesina
1987 At work
1977 With Ruggero Orlando and Gillo Pontecorvo
1977 With Luciana and Franco Gentilini
1974 With Palma Bucarelli
1977 With Lorenza Trucchi and Federico Fellini at Palazzo Barberini
1977 With Federico Fellini at the retrospective exhibition at Palazzo Barberini
1969 With Federico Fellini on the set of the film Satyricon
1962 In the studio on Via Orti della Farnesina
1961 With Giovanni Carandente
1962 At work in the studio on Via Orti della Farnesina
1962 At work in the studio on Via Orti della Farnesina
1961 With Maurizio Calvesi and Piero Sadun
1955 With Alberto Moravia
1954 At work in the studio on Via Picardi
1951 In the studio on Via Picardi with Valentina
1947 At work in the studio on Via Margutta
1947 In the studio on Via Margutta
1947 The studio on Via Margutta
1947 In the studio on Via Margutta with his wife Valentina
1946 In Ostia with Afro Basaldella, Orfeo Tamburi, and Angelo Savelli
1940 In Albania
1935 As a boy at the Roman Forum
1918
Born in Santa Fe (Argentina) on August 16 to Italian parents. At the age of three, he moves to Italy with his family, settling in Rome.
1936/1938
Attends the Free School of the French Academy. Draws for newspapers and weekly magazines.
1939/1944
Serves in the military for five years. Sent to the Greek-Albanian front.
After the liberation of Rome, he resumes his interrupted work.
1945
Exhibits a first group of works at the Galleria del Secolo in Rome: his painting fits within the climate of the Roman School but with more expressionist accents.
1946
Exhibits in Rome with L'Art Club at the Galleria San Marco and receives the "Monthly Prize for Young Artists".
Contributes drawings to the literary weeklies Domenica, Cosmopolita, and La Fiera Letteraria.
Creates a series of portraits of Italian artists and writers.
1947/1950
After several solo exhibitions in Rome at Galleria L’Obelisco and Vetrina dei Chiurazzi, and in the USA at Whyte Gallery in Washington, he moves to Argentina with his wife Valentina, where he stays for two years.
Produces ceramics, illustrates books, and collaborates with newspapers and magazines, creating drawings.
Creates another series of portraits and interacts with writers, artists, and exiles, including Rafael Alberti, Mario Ballocco, and Attilio Dabini.
Exhibits in Buenos Aires and Córdoba at Galleria Müller, Galleria Sintonia, and Galleria Bonino.
Returns to Europe and spends several months in London and Paris with a scholarship from the French government.
1951/1953
Exhibits in shows in Rome and Buenos Aires.
Participates in an Italian art exhibition in Paris.
Wins awards at the "Esso Prize," the “Rome Prize for Figure,” the “Marzotto Prize,” the “Faenza Prize for Ceramics,” and the "Bari Prize".
Invited for the first time to the Biennale di Venezia in 1952.
1954
Awarded at the "Spoleto Prize".
Holds exhibitions in Rome and Buenos Aires.
Presents a group of works at the Biennale di Venezia.
After years of post-Cubist painting, he experiences a deep crisis and destroys many works.
1955/1956
Participates with a personal exhibition of drawings at the Biennale di Venezia, where he receives the "Biennale Presidency Award."
Begins a period of greater freedom, with a dynamic emphasis on form, and his colours become more vibrant and expressive.
Progressively moves away from figurative painting, while his drawings remain figurative.
Collaborates with magazines such as Civiltà delle Macchine and Esso Rivista.
1957/1958
Exhibits a group of works at the São Paulo Biennial in Brazil.
Invited to Italian art exhibitions in Sydney, New York, Moscow, and Copenhagen.
Visits Egypt, where he creates a series of tempera paintings and drawings in the Sinai.
1959/1961
Exhibits in Rome at Galleria L'Attico and Galleria Il Segno.
During a long stay in Spain, he is greatly influenced by Velázquez’s work.
Invited to Italian art exhibitions in Johannesburg, Chicago, Tokyo, New Delhi, and Ljubljana.
Travels to the United States for a solo exhibition in Los Angeles at the Landau Gallery, visits the West Coast, and stays in New York.
1962/1963
Exhibits in Milan at Galleria L'Ariete.
Participates in exhibitions in Dublin and California.
Spends a summer in Greece, gaining new inspiration from drawings and notes for his work.
1964
Has a solo painting room at the Biennale di Venezia.
Holds solo exhibitions in Vienna at Galleria Im Grieshenbeisl and in Graz at Landesmuseum.
Spends and works a few months in London.
1965/1966
Holds exhibitions in Rome at Galleria Trevi and in Palermo at Galleria Flaccovio.
Creates a large-scale tapestry for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Farnesina.
1967/1969
Exhibits in Rome and Milan.
Collaborates with Federico Fellini on the painted decorations for the film Satyricon.
1970
Presents an exhibition in Rome covering works from 1960 to 1970 at Galleria Il Collezionista.
1971/1976
Holds solo exhibitions in Rome at Galleria Il Collezionista, in Milan at Galleria Blu, and in Padua at Galleria L'Alfiere.
Participates in exhibitions in Vienna, Warsaw, Rio de Janeiro, and New Delhi.
1977/1978
A major retrospective is held at Palazzo Barberini - Ente Premi Roma.
Takes a study trip to Iran.
Holds a solo exhibition in Rome at Galleria Il Disegno.
Invited to the Graphic and Small Format exhibition at Galleria Editalia.
1979
Holds a solo exhibition in Naples at Galleria Lo Spazio.
A retrospective is held at the Pavilion of Contemporary Art at Parco Massari in Ferrara.
A retrospective takes place at the Pinacoteca di Macerata (Church of San Paolo).
Receives the Gold Medal for Merit in Education, Culture, and Art from the President of the Republic.
1980/1986
Invited to 31 Italian Painters in the Arab World at Palazzo Barberini, Rome, and Generation of the 1910s in Rieti.
A retrospective is held at Castello Aragonese, Ischia.
Presents works from 1950 to 1965 in an exhibition in Rome at Galleria Editalia.
Participates in Italian Art Exhibition at the Museum of Art in São Paulo.
Exhibits at the collective show Tridente 10 in Rome.
Invited to the 11th National Art Quadriennale in Rome.
Included in the Acquisitions of the Gallery of Modern Art exhibition in Rome.
Participates in the Sicilians in Niscemi exhibition.
1987/1988
Participates in the Small Format exhibition at Galleria Editalia, Rome.
Has a dedicated room at the exhibition The Lived Abstraction and Its Italian Masters of the 1950s, edited by Maurizio Calvesi at Fondazione Michetti, Francavilla a Mare.
He dies in Rome in 1988.