Renato Birolli

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Renato Birolli (December 10, 1905 – May 3, 1959) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Birolli was born at Verona to a family of industrial workers. In 1923 he moved to Milan where he formed an avanguardist group with other artists such as Renato Guttuso, Giacomo Manzù and Aligi Sassu. In 1937 he was a member of the artistical movement called Corrente di Vita. in the same year he was arrested by the Fascist government: in the following years he largely left the painting activity to devote himself to the Communist propaganda and, later, to the support of the partisan resistance.

After World War II, in 1947, Birolli moved to Paris. Here his painting style changed swiftly under the influences of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, moving first to a post-Cubist position and then to a somehow abstract form of lyrism.

He died suddenly at Milan in 1959.

External links

Article about Birolli's art (in Italian)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 17477947 LCCN: n50011202 ISNI: 0000 0000 6634 2389 GND: 119422638 BNF: cb14622403s

Persondata
Name	Birolli, Renato
Alternative names
Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth	December 10, 1905
Place of birth
Date of death	May 3, 1959
Place of death

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