Ettore Falchi Biography
Born in Rome in 1913, he died in 1997. In 1941, in Paris, where he had decided to live, he joined a group of young painters (which included Blanc, Degoul, Bigot and in a certain period even Van Dongen) and rented the his first studio on rue C. Tahan, in the heart of Montmartre. Falchi was also fortunate enough to know Bonnard, and to frequent the studies of Braque, Gleizes, Cocteau, Lothe. After the war he made a great decision to abandon performing arts to dedicate himself only to painting and performed for the last time on the occasion of the reopening of the new Moulin Rouge (1950). In 1960, in the exhibition of Italian painters in Paris, Falchi obtained first prize. In 1963 he joined Enzo Pagani, founder of the Museum of Modern Art of Legnano -Castellanza- and collaborated with him exclusively for thirteen years. In this period he set up numerous exhibitions and created 23 outdoor works at the same museum, including mosaics, bas-reliefs and sculptures. He also creates a mural with mixed materials in Cubellas, near Barcelona. In these years, he came into contact with several artists: Bellandi, Borra, Brindisi, Bordoni, Fontana, Morelli, Veronesi. In 1969, Falchi returned to clear lines and colours, but in an expressive dimension that integrated painting, relief and materiality. In 1975 he sold his Parisian studio to the painter and friend G. Dayezes and in 1978 he settled permanently in Legnano. Among his most recent works, in 1981 he created a mural (385 x 135) in the Colette exhibition room in Parabiago. Also in 1981 the monographic volume "Ettore Falchi dal 1930 al 1980" was presented to the public. In 1986 he was presented with a large anthological exhibition at the Civic Gallery of Modern Art of the Municipality of Gallarate.
