Carlo Caroli Biography
Carlo Caroli (1920 - 2008) was an Italian painter, born in Naples in 1920. He met his countryman Stradone and the expressionism of the Roman school of Scipione and Mafai, which would continue to serve as a recognized framework for his paintings, in Rome when he moved there with his family in 1933. He participated in the V Quadrennial of Rome in 1948 and the IX Quadrennial of National Art in Rome in 1965. By invitation he participated in the XXVIII Venice Biennale in 1956. Ercole Maselli, Fortunato Bellonzi and Virgilio Guzzi are the first to recognize that material painting, which uses strong color contrasts to represent objects and people, such as fishermen and flowers, suburbs and ports, in their natural light, is a technique. In 1953 he won the Marzotto prize with the work "Periphery" (Marzotto coll.). An important experience was the trip to Spain from which he returned with a less lively painting almost reduced to monochrome. Personal exhibitions: 1950 Galleria del Secolo, 1953 Chiurazzi Rome, 1954 La Cassapanca Rome, 1957 Alibert Rome, 1959 S.Fedele Milan- Rotapfel Zurich, 1960 and '67 Russo Rome, 1962 and '64 La Barcaccia, 1968 Cairola Milan, 1972 Anthea Rome, 1990 Lodigiani Rome, 1991 Modern Art Gallery superintendence of Aquila. Teacher of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, his works are exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, the Vatican Museums and the Gallery of Modern Art in L'Aquila.
