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Birth
1899 (Rosario Santa Fe, Argentina)
Death
1968 (Varese, Italy)
Lived/Active
France/Argentina
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Often Known For
slashed canvas expressionist work, found object assemblage
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Lucio Fontana (19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor. He was mostly known as the founder of Spatialism and his ties to Arte Povera.
Born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina of Italian parents, Fontana spent the first years of his life in Italy and came back to Argentina in 1905, where he stayed until 1922, working as a sculptor along with his father, and then on his own.
In 1927 he returned to Italy and studied (showing 500 of 5025 characters). |
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