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Vittorio Bellini was born in Vertova, Bergamo (Italy) in 1936. He
began his artistic training as a young man by alternating work with
taking drawing and painting classes as at the Accademia Carrara in
Bergamo, Italy. He began exhibiting in 1960, exhibiting at the
Premio Torri (Milan, Palazzo della Permanente); in 1963 at the
Premio Cremona and in 1965 at the Premio Arturo Tosi (Clusone,
Bergamo). In 1966 he won the Città di Lecco first prize, with the
work Natività and in 1968 the Sarnico first prize.
Bellini
travelled often around Europe, going quite frequently to the Soviet
Union, where he met contemporary artists. He later had a book of
poetry published, entitled “Sul prato di bianche betulle”.
He continued to exhibit his paintings, frequently winning awards and
gaining increased exposure. In 1979, he was invited to exhibit in
Moscow as part of a group show with a number of Russian artists. He
went on to have solo exhibitions in Alessandria, Bari, Clusone
(Bergamo), Bergamo, and in Stuttgart, Germany.
By the 1980s, Vittorio Bellini was exhibiting regularly.
By
1987, Bellini’s work began to evolve away from the poetic and romantic,
moving towards the use of more fiery and vibrant colour, inspired by
both a desire to depict the ‘real’, violent world and the urging of
historian and art critic Giovanni Testori, who encouraged Bellini to
take his work in a new direction.
Vittorio Bellini has exhibited in the Biennale d’Arte Sacra
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