Since 1935, he dealt exclusively with abstract painting, focusing on shape, color and rhythm of his compositions.
During the Second World War, Manelli, like many other artists (Sonia Delaunay, Jean Arp and Sophie), left-occupied Paris and took refuge in the town of Grasse in southern France. Since the canvas during the war years it was impossible to get it, he began to paint in gouache on a slate, and make collages of the most unassuming material (cardboard, scraps of paper) that he has not ceased to deal with until his death: he experimented with them - they have served him as to the laboratory. Despite the fact that sometimes he used them as sketches for large paintings, Manelli has always stressed the independence of his collages.
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