Regina Cassolo Bracchi (1894–1974) was an Italian sculptor. She is known for her pioneering use of materials such as aluminum, wire, and tin.[1] She was part of the Futurist movement as well as the Movimento arte concreta [2] and Spatialism.[3]
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| Born | Regina Prassede Cassolo 21 May 1894 Mede, Italy |
| Died | 14 September 1974 (aged 80) Milan, Italy |
| Movement | Movimento Arte Concreta |
Life
editBracchi née Cassolo was born in Mede on 21 May 1894.[4] She studied at the Brera Academy in Milan and then at the studio of Giovanni Battista Alloati (1878 - 1964) in Turin, Italy.[5] In 1934 she signed the Manifesto Tecnico dell'Aeroplastica Futurista (Technical Manifesto of Futurist Aeroplastics). In 1948 she joined the Movimento Arte Concreta.[6]
Cassolo died in Milan on 14 September 1974.[4]
In 2021 the Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art) held a retrospective of her work.[7] The same year her work was in the exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Regina Cassolo Bracchi -". Les presses du réel. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Archive of Regina Cassolo Bracchi, Italy's first avant-garde sculptor, is born". Finestre sull'Arte. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Regina Cassolo Bracchi". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Regina Cassolo Bracchi". abART. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "The "queen" of sculpture" (PDF). GAMeC. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Regina". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00150010. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Rediscovering Regina Cassolo Bracchi, Queen of Tin & Aluminium". Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion and Style. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Women in abstraction. London : New York, New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd.; Thames & Hudson Inc. 2021. p. 170. ISBN 978-0500094372.
External links
edit- MeeT: Regina Cassolo Bracchi GAMeC Bergamo