Enzo Brunori Biography
Enzo Brunori (Perugia, 1924 – Rome, 1993) was an Italian painter. After completing his studies in fine arts in Perugia, he began to enter cultural circles at a very young age, so much so that even some of the leading hierarchs of the time tried to take him to Rome, but Brunori, not feeling ready, decided to stay in Umbria. In 1947 he set up the first official exhibition in his city, coming into contact with both Gerardo Dottori and the art critic Lionello Venturi, fundamental figures for his artistic maturation. Famous for his representation of nature, he loved to depict plants and seas as natural elements seen as the reason for being. In 1953 he won a purchase prize as part of the Spoleto Prize. He participated in two editions of the Venice Biennale. He became a teacher of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. In 1963 one of his works was exhibited at the Contemporary Italian Paintings exhibition, held in some Australian cities. In 1963-64 he exhibited at the exhibition Peintures italiennes d'aujourd'hui, held in the Middle East and North Africa. After a last anthology held in Perugia in 1988, he retired to private life until his premature death in 1993. From 23 April to 16 May 2008, in Rome, in the Sala delle Colonne del Vittoriano, the anthology took place: "Enzo Brunori - A poetics of color in the second half of the twentieth century" edited by Enrico Crispolti, De Luca Editori d'Arte catalogue, an exhibition which had the High Patronage of the Presidency of the Republic and the Patronage of the Regions of Umbria and Lazio; of the Provinces of Perugia and Rome and of the Municipalities of Rome and Perugia.
