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Historical Artist - Alberto Burri (1915 - 1995)
Alberto Burri served as a doctor in the Italian army in North Africa and was captured in 1943.
While incarcerated as a prisoner of war in Texas, he began painting. After his release, he moved
back to Rome and devoted his career to art. In 1948, his work became abstract and a year later,
he was working in collage. Although he had a shy demeanor and lived fairly reclusively, Burri
gained an international reputation. He was the predecessor of the Junk Art movement in the
United States and the Arte Povera movement in Italy. Burri soon turned to abstraction and
unorthodox materials, making collages with pumice, tar, and burlap, and started a series of
canvases that bulged into the 3rd dimension. Burri was awarded the Italian Order of Merit in
1994.
Contemporary Italian Artists
Art Galleries in Italy
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