Carla Badiali Biography
Carla Badiali (Novedrate, 9 November 1907 – Como, 7 February 1992) was an Italian painter. Born in Novedrate, she attended schools in France where her family moved for work. Here he also studied painting and music. Upon returning to Italy, in Como, she attended the technical-industrial institute for silk processing. She met Manlio Rho, her drawing professor, who introduced her to the group of abstractionists from Como. Participation in this group represents the fundamental artistic experience of her training which oriented her towards abstract painting. Throughout her life, Carla Badiali worked in two fields of activity: the design of fabrics and textiles, mainly for Como companies and silk factories, and oil painting. He exhibited for the first time with the Como abstractionists in 1936 at the Exhibition of Modern Italian Painting at Villa Olmo in Como. In 1940 he signed the Manifesto of the primordial futurist group Sant'Elia and starting from this position he participated in numerous exhibitions with this group of artists. In the following years of war, he set aside his artistic activity for anti-fascist activity. In addition to organizational activities, it is engaged in the falsification of identity documents to facilitate the cover and expatriation of activists. She was arrested in 1945 and locked up in the San Vittore prison in Milan for a short period. After the Liberation he resumed working in the field of fabric design, designing fabrics for numerous Italian and foreign fashion houses (Chanel, Dior, Givenchy) and producing designs for home and furnishing fabrics. Starting from 1951 he also resumed his participation in art shows and exhibitions. In 2007, on the centenary of the artist's birth, the Antonio Ratti Foundation of Como created a retrospective exhibition of his activity in the field of fabric design, exhibiting original drawings, print tests and fabrics, mainly silks, made since the 1920s. in the 1950s by the artist for the Como industries.
