Saro Mirabella Biography
Saro Mirabella (1914 – 1972) learned the rudiments of painting in the studio of the painter from Acea, Saro Spina. In his twenties, he made study trips to Rome and Florence. Having left Sicily definitively in 1936, he stayed in various Italian and foreign locations before stopping permanently in Rome and in the capital he attended the Accademia di San Luca and the Scuola Libera del Nudo while working as a retoucher in a photographic studio. These are the years in which, together with Cagli, Ziveri and Guttuso, he participates in the developments of realist art of anti-twentieth century inspiration. He actively participated in the Resistance and, once the war was over, he began to exhibit in national and international galleries and exhibitions. Guttuso's assistant at the Liceo Artistico in Rome (1946), in the following years he held the same chair, then director. He is among the main supporters of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti. Between 1949 and 1950 he retired to paint in Calabria, in Scilla, among the fishermen, with Guttuso, Omiccioli and Mazzullo. In this context he strengthens the relationship between the incisiveness of the sign, hard and angular - destined to dissolve over the years - and the chromatic richness of the painting. He was invited to four editions of the Venice Biennale (1948, '52, '54, '56) and the Rome Quadrennial (1948, '52, '56, '60).
