After six years of military service and 18 months spent as prisoner of war in Germany, he restarted his work in 1947. During the years 1950-60 he took part in national and general exhibitions like Pontedera - La Spezia - Premio Modigliani in Livorno - Rome and so on, winning many awards. In 1956, together with two other painters, he successfully occupied the Arnolfo Tower in order to protest against the sending of 45 of the Uffizi Gallery Artworks to America. In 1958 he met Pablo Picasso who presented him with a drawing of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Florence. He is a founding member of the Gruppo Donatello and council member of the Compagnia del Paiolo. Since 1965 most of his paintings have been named: "Uomini di sempre", meaning "Always Men". Since 1977 he has been creating stone sculptures. |
Title:"Composizione Uomini di sempre"
Date: 1961 Material: Oil on Canvas |
Title:"Composizione"
Date: 1962 Material: Oil on Canvas |
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Title:"Uomini di sempre"
Date: 1968 Material: Olio su faesite |
Title:"Composizione con mia scultura"
Date: 1978 Material: Oil on Canvas |
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Title:"Uomini di sempre"
Date: 1987 Material: Oil on "faesite" |
Title:"Uomini di sempre"
Date 1988 Material: Stone |
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Title:"Uomini di sempre (malizia)"
Date 1989 Material: Oil on "faesite" |
Title:"Uomini di sempre"
Date: 1990 Material: Oil on "faesite" |
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Title:"Nefer-si"
Date 1994 Material: Black of Belgium |
Title:"Uomini di sempre (adrenalina)"
Date: 1995 Material: Oil on Wood |