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Giulio Masseroni (Bergamo, 7 June 1900 – Bergamo, 1 June 1980) was an Italian painter. After attending high school and technical institute in his hometown, he volunteered at 17, fighting during the First World War in the battle of Caporetto, following Gabriele D'Annunzio's legions in the Fiume campaign in 1920. Read the full biography

Giulio Masseroni (Bergamo, 7 June 1900 – Bergamo, 1 June 1980) was an Italian painter. After attending high school and technical institute in his hometown, he volunteered at 17, fighting during the First World War in the battle of Caporetto, following Gabriele D'Annunzio's legions in the Fiume campaign in 1920. Encouraged by his father, he began studying drawing by frequenting Giuseppe Siccardi's studio. In 1925 he held his first solo exhibition in Bergamo, exhibiting at the Accademia Carrara and then in various provincial and regional exhibitions. He participated in the Venice Biennale in 1932 (La Colomba prize) and then with personal or collective exhibitions in almost all Italian cities, as well as in Switzerland and Germany. Member of the Cultural Society and for ten years a trustee of the city's Fine Arts Union, he was secretary and one of the main organizers of the Bergamo Prize. Friend of Ottone Rosai, with whom he painted in various taverns, he became well acquainted with Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Felice Casorati, Ardengo Soffici, Renato Guttuso and other famous artists of the time.