Alberto Manelli (1888-1971)

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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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At the end of the war Grass Gallery of Modern Art organized his solo exhibition. Manelli at this time greatly influenced the artists such as Mortensen, Derol or Vasarely (Steel we have already mentioned).

In 1949 his works were shown at the exhibition "Masters of abstract art," and next year he was given a room at the Venice Biennale. In 1954, his retrospective was organized in Brussels in 1955 - in the Museum of Grimaldi in Antibes.

Prices Manelli (but recent results at Christie's, which I led in the plot devoted to these tenders, and which I think is a record, this list has not yet been made): http://www.findartinfo.com /search /...berto_Magnelli

Established reproduced works and their sizes (when I was able to find them) - in the caption below the images.

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just opened at Art Basel Miami Beach Montreal gallery-museum Landau Fine Art has brought surprising Manelli, this work in 1917 with the speaker name - Laziness, the size of 140x93 and it is the only Manelli throughout the exhibition, as in!

how many will go even difficult to imagine the place of a skull - VIP area and a pososedstvu Gallery Gmurzynska