Felice Casorati: A Collection of 30 Paintings

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Felice Casorati (Novara, 1883 - Turin, 1963) was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century in Italy, and one of the longest-lived of his time, having gone through the period of the avant-garde, the return to order, the period of fascism up to to get to the postwar period. He first approached symbolism, with an eye open to international scenarios (he was particularly fascinated by the Viennese Secession of the various Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and colleagues), but he also looked to Cézanne, and was always very close to the main critics and collectors of his time (from Piero Gobetti to Lionello Venturi, from Antonio Casella to Riccardo Gualino). In particular, the artist formed a fruitful friendship with Riccardo Gualino, who commissioned works from him (including the decoration of his private theater) and made him develop an interest in applied arts.

A multifaceted artist, he participated several times in the Venice Biennale, had a prolific graphic activity and was not only a painter but also a sculptor, architect, set designer and, as mentioned, he developed interests in the applied and decorative arts, an area in which he was able to express himself, for for example, with the mosaics for the VI Triennale di Milano and for the Gualino home theater itself. Painter much appreciated even today by the market, the general public of Casorati knows above all the art of the 1920s, when Casorati was included in the tendencies of the return to order, together with artists such as Carlo Carrà, Arturo Martini and Massimo Campigli (Casorati , in particular, he developed a neo-Renaissance style, the one that is most often associated with him by the public and enthusiasts).

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