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Afro Libio Basaldella (Udine, 4 March 1912 – Zurich, 24 July 1976) was an Italian painter, considered among the most important post-war artists and among the main exponents of the Italian Informal together with Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana, he belonged over the years thirty also at the Roman School (the same as Giorgio de Chirico and Renato Guttuso). After the death of his father, a painter and decorator, Basaldella completed his first studies in Florence and Venice, where he graduated in painting in 1931. Read the full biography

Afro Basaldella Biography

Afro Libio Basaldella (Udine, 4 March 1912 – Zurich, 24 July 1976) was an Italian painter, considered among the most important post-war artists and among the main exponents of the Italian Informal together with Alberto Burri and Lucio Fontana, he belonged over the years thirty also at the Roman School (the same as Giorgio de Chirico and Renato Guttuso). After the death of his father, a painter and decorator, Basaldella completed his first studies in Florence and Venice, where he graduated in painting in 1931. In 1928, at the mere age of 16, with his brothers Mirko and Dino he exhibited at the I Mostra della avant-garde Friulian school (Udine), and the following year at the XX Exhibition of the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice). Also in 1929, thanks to a scholarship from the Marangoni Foundation of Udine, committed to promoting and supporting young local artists, he went to Rome where he met Scipione, Mario Mafai and Corrado Cagli. In 1932 Basaldella spent a period in Milan, frequenting his brother Mirko and Arturo Martini's studio. The following year he exhibited in Milan at the Galleria il Milione.