Edolo Masci Biography
Edolo Masci was born in Castiglione a Casauria in 1938 and moved to Rome at a young age, where he began studying and working at the Industrial Artistic Museum. He trained under the guidance of masters such as Fazzini and Ziveri and soon became an influential figure in Roman artistic life. Become part of a group of intellectuals that includes writers, poets, painters and gallery owners such as Rafael Alberti, Mino Maccari, Libero de Libero, Mario Lunetta, Valentino Zeichen and Giuseppe Zanini.
Masci also became friends with Ennio Flaiano, thanks to their common Abruzzo origins, and participated for the first time in exhibitions of figurative arts in Rome in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in 1958. In 1959, Masci achieved fame thanks to a provocative painting entitled 'L 'Annunciation' (also known as 'The Madonna with short skirts'), which ends up on the front page of numerous foreign newspapers, including the New York Times and Le Figaro.
From 1960 onwards, Masci exhibited his art in numerous solo and group exhibitions in various cities in Italy and abroad, becoming known for his works, in particular 'L'Inferno' and 'Farfalle'. In 1994, a large anthological exhibition dedicated to him was organized at the La Vite Gallery of the Palazzo Visconti-Giannelli in Rome. The exhibition presented much of his artistic production, including tempera, paintings, watercolors, sculptures, graphic work and a particular form of engraving called cliché-verre.
