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Antonio Zancanaro (1906 – 1985) was an Italian track hockey player, painter and engraver. He approached painting in the 1930s, in particular thanks to his acquaintance with Ottone Rosai, who he always considered his teacher and with whom he shared his attention for the world of the humble and the underprivileged. Read the full biography

Antonio Zancanaro (1906 – 1985) was an Italian track hockey player, painter and engraver. He approached painting in the 1930s, in particular thanks to his acquaintance with Ottone Rosai, who he always considered his teacher and with whom he shared his attention for the world of the humble and the underprivileged. A committed anti-fascist, he frequented many figures from the Paduan university world and international culture, traveling extensively to learn about the art and history of different continents, of which he reproduced themes, techniques and suggestions in his art. He achieved his first consecration with a large solo exhibition at the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara in 1972, and has participated in important national and international exhibitions, showing a vast and versatile production in different expressive fields, from drawing to painting, to ceramics, to illustration, and affirming a personal style, deliberately outside the box and trends. Always a member of the Italian Communist Party, his production moved above all within the realism of Renato Guttuso, with pictorial cycles depicting the most humble social realities of both northern and southern Italy. Particularly known was the Gibbo series, a surreal and ferociously caricatured character inspired by Mussolini.