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Afro (Afro Basaldella)

Afro (Afro Basaldella)

Italian, 1912–1976

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Afro Libio Basaldella was one of the most important Italian painters in the post-World War II period. He began as a member of the Scuola Romana, and then embracing [informal] [abstraction], worked and had great international success together with Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana. He was generally known by the single name, "Afro".

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Works in Collection

3 works
Boy with Turkey

Boy with Turkey

Afro (Afro Basaldella)

1954

The Yellow Book

The Yellow Book

Afro (Afro Basaldella)

December 1952

Untitled

Untitled

Afro (Afro Basaldella)

1956

Exhibitions

3 exhibitions

Jun 28, 1949 – Sep 18, 1949

Twentieth Century Italian Art

45 artists · 2 curators

May 10, 1955 – Aug 07, 1955

The New Decade: 22 European Painters and Sculptors

22 artists · 1 curator

Nov 20, 1962 – Jan 13, 1963

Recent Acquisitions

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