Antonio Bueno

Antonio Bueno
Born (1918-07-21)21 July 1918
Berlin, Germany
Died 26 September 1984(1984-09-26) (aged 66)
Fiesole, Italy
Nationality Italian
Education Modernist
Known for Painting
Notable work

Rebus (1968)
Le amiche (1969)
Il pompiere e la modella (1977)
Odalisca (1981)
Donne al tavolo (1983)

Eleonora da Toledo (1984)
Movement Contemporary
Awards St.Vincent Prize, Marzotto Prize, Fiorino Prize, Modigliani Prize
Patron(s) Edoardo Sanguineti, Piero Chiara, Mario Luzi

Antonio Bueno (21 July 1918 – 26 September 1984) was an Italian painter of Spanish origin, who acquired Italian citizenship in 1970. He was born in Berlin while his journalist father was posted there by the newspaper ABC of Madrid.

Life and career

Bueno undertook art studies in Spain and Switzerland. In 1937 he was in Paris, where he exhibited at the Salon des Jeunes; then in 1940 with his brother Xavier, he moved to Italy. After a post-impressionist experience, immediately after World War II he joined the school of Armenian artist Gregorio Sciltian, painting trompe-l'oeil work. With Pietro Annigoni and his own brother, Bueno took part in the "Pittori moderni della Realtà (Modern Painters of Reality)" group .[1] A dynamic and restless experimenter, after these experiences he conducted in-depth research in genres: abstract painter in 1950–53 while working as secretary for the Numero magazine; neometaphysic painter with his clay pipe series in 1953–57; verist; materiologic as a follower of Informale with a number of imprint forms in 1960–62; signaletic and pop in the middle of the 1960s; neodada and visual painter – all this as an eternal combinative play of subjects and materials.[2]

Bueno's final affirmation occurred at the Biennale di Venezia of 1984, a few months before his death, when he was already gravely ill: he exhibited a series of magistral work that was highly acclaimed and undoubtedly represents the apex of his whole production.[3]

Exhibitions

(personal and collective)

1938
  • Parigi, Salon des Jeunes (graphique).
1941
1942
1946
  • Milano, galleria Barbaroux; catalogue by J. Sylvestre.
1947
  • First Invitation to the VI Quadriennale of Rome.
  • Milano, galleria Cairoli (I Pittori Moderni della Realtà).
  • Firenze, galleria Botti (I Pittori Moderni della Realtà).
  • Milano,galleria de L'Illustrazione Italiana (I Pittori Moderni della Realtà).
  • Milano, galleria Barbaroux,con X.Bueno; catalogue by J.Silvestre.
1948
  • Roma, galleria La Margherita (I Pittori Moderni della Realtà).
1949
  • Milano, galleria Ranzini.
  • St.Vincent Prize.
1951
  • First invitation to the Quadriennale of Torino.
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
  • Roma, galleria L'Obelisco; catalogue by O. Vergani.
  • Venezia, XXVIII Biennale.
1957
  • New York, World House Galleries (Italy), catalogue by A.R. Krakusin.
  • Firenze, Fiorino Prize.
1958
  • New York, Sagittarius Art Gallery; catalogue by A. Cagli.
  • Los Angeles, Lane Gallery; catalogue by Mario Praz.
  • Livorno, Modigliani Prize.
  • Milano, Giovani Artisti Italiani ("Il Giomo"); catalogue by M. Valsecchi.
  • Venezia, galleria Il Cavallino.
1959
1960
  • Prato, galleria Falsetti; catalogue by A. Busignani.
1961
  • Firenze, galleria L'Indiano; catalogue by M. Bergomi.
  • Venezia, galleria Il Canale; catalogue by A. Busignani.
  • Firenze, XII Fiorino Prize (gold medal)
1962
  • Viareggio, galleria La Navicella; catalogue by F. Russoli.
  • Firenze, galleria Il Fiore (I Mostra monocroma); ccatalogue by M. Bergomi.
1963
  • Bologna, galleria Il Cancello (II Mostra monocroma); catalogue by L.V. Masini.
  • Firenze, XIV Fiorino Prize (New Trends); presentation by L.V. Masini.
  • Firenze, galleria Il Quadrante; catalogue by V. Aguilera Cemi - L.V. Masini.
  • Varsavia, Festival di Sopot; catalogue by L.V. Masini.
  • Parigi, Galerie Domec; catalogue by G.C. Argan.
  • Roma, galleria Schneider; catalogue by F. Russoli.
  • Firenze, galleria L'Indiano; catalogue by M. Bergomi.
  • Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi, "La Nuova Figurazione"; catalogue by M. Bergomi - J.L. Ferrier.
  • San Marino, Biennale di San Marino, "Oltre l'Informale"; catalogue by G.C. Argan.
  • Parigi, Galerie Domec (Cinq peintres de Florence); catalogue by G.C. Argan.
  • Firenze, galleria Quadrante (Technologica); ccatalogue by A. Bueno - G. Chiari - L. Pignotti.
1964
1965
1966
1967
  • Firenze, galleria Il Fiore; catalogue by L.V. Masini.
  • Bologna, Circolo di Cultura.
1968
1969
1970
1971
  • Firenze, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, catalogue by R.Monti.
  • Firenze, Galleria Santa Croce; catalogue by L. Alinari - A. Gatto.
1972
  • Firenze, galleria Menghelli; catalogue by U. Baldini.
  • Montecatini, galleria Internazionale, catalogue by A. Gatto.
1973
  • Firenze, galleria Michaud; catalogue by G. Di Genova.
  • New York, Kuhlik Gallery; catalogue by C.L. Ragghianti.
  • Mestre, galleria San Giorgio.
1974
1975
  • Fiesole, Azienda autonoma di soggiorno e turismo, (collective exhibition); catalogue by C. Marsan.
  • Forte dei Marmi, galleria Selby; presentation by M. Carrà.
  • Firenze, galleria Michaud; catalogue by E. Migliorini.
  • Milano, galleria Medea; catalogue by E. Migliorini.
1976
  • Sassari, galleria l'Età dell'Acquario; catalogue by A. Gatto.
  • Firenze, galleria La Gradiva; catalogue by C. Marsan.
1977
  • Basilea, ART 1977.
  • Arezzo, galleria Piero della Francesca; catalogue by R. Biasion.
  • Firenze, galleria 33; catalogue by G.A. Bertozzi.
1978
  • Roma, galleria Toninelli.
  • Firenze, galleria Spagnoli; presentation by A. Bueno.
  • Firenze, Studio Inquadrature 33; catalogue by C.A. Bertozzi - F. De Poli.
1979
  • Firenze, Palazzo Vecchio, "Ab Ovo"; catalogue by F. Menna.
  • Tavarnelle, galleria Dada; catalogue by E. Miccini.
  • San Giovanni Valdarno, Casa di Masaccio; catalogue by F. Menna.
  • Vicenza, Chiesa di San Giacomo, "I D'apres, 1939/1979"; catalogue by F. Menna.
  • San Casciano, Centro Culturale Dedalus; catalogue by E.Miccini.
  • Prato, galleria Metastasio (I D'apres, 1939/1979); catalogue by A. Sensini.
  • Roma, Centro Morandi, "Stai al gioco?"
  • Firenze, galleria De Amicis (ABCD, Alinari, Bueno, Conti, De Poli).
1980
  • Firenze, galleria Menghelli (Exhibition of graphic works donated to the Uffizi).
  • Venezia, galleria Graziussi; catalogue by A. Del Guercio.
  • Piacenza, VI Biennale Nazionale d'Arte Figurativa Cassa di Risparmio di Piacenza (Irony and Fabula).
  • Firenze, galleria La Piramide; catalogue by E.Miccini.
1981
  • Firenze, La Nuova Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, "Antologica 1936-1981"; catalogue by P. Santi.
  • Viareggio, galleria Ferretti (D'apres Ingres); catalogue by R. Monti.
  • La Spezia, galleria Vallardi.
  • Ferrara, Studio d'Arte Melotti (Monochromes 1955-1981); catalogue by S. Salvi.
1982
  • Bologna, galleria Forni; catalogue by F. Solmi.
  • Milano, galleria Annunciata; catalogue by F. Menna.
  • Viareggio, galleria Ferretti; catalogue by Mario Luzi.
  • Firenze, galleria La Piramide; catalogue by S. Salvi.
  • Rieti, Palazzo Vescovile, 'Generazione anni Dieci', catalogue by G.Di Genova.
1983
  • Prato, galleria Metastasio; catalogue by M. Fagiolo dell'Arco.
  • Catania, galleria Arte Club; catalogue by F. Menna.
  • Napoli, galleria Apogeo; catalogue by F. Menna.
  • Luino, Museo Civico.
1984
1985
  • Roma, galleria La Gradiva; catalogue by F. Solmi.
  • Genova, galleria Guidi; catalogue by F. Solmi.
  • Firenze, galleria Davanzati; catalogue by M. Venturoli.
  • Ferrara, Studio d'Arte Melotti.
1986
  • Massa Marittima, Pinacoteca Comunale; catalogue by E. Dalla Noce.
  • Macerata, Chiesa di San Paolo; catalogue by E. Dalla Noce.
  • Milano, galleria Il Cannocchiale; catalogue by E. Dalla Noce.
  • Roma, galleria Eliseo; catalogue by C. Di Genova.
1987
  • Roma, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo (anthologic exhibition); catalogue by E. Dalla Noce.
1988
  • Montepulciano, Pinacoteca Comunale (anthologic exhibition); catalogue by E. Dalla Noce.
  • Cortona, Palazzo Casali (anthologic exhibition); catalogue by E. Dalla Noce.
  • Poggibonsi, Casa di Chiesino (anthologic exhibition); catalogue by P. Levi.
  • Matera, galleria Albanese.
1989
1990
1991
  • Firenze, galleria Spagnoli (anthologic exhibition).
  • Mesola (Ferrara), Castello Estense, Portraiture. Portraits in Italian Art of '900 collettiva; catalogue by Vittorio Sgarbi.
1992
  • Forte dei Marmi, galleria Faustini.
  • Livorno, galleria Arte Quadri.
  • Vigevano, galleria Ducale.
  • Venezia, Salone di Settembre, "I dipinti della XLI Biennale".
  • Firenze, S.I.A.C., Palazzo degli Affari (anthologic exhibition).
1994
  • Milano, galleria Pace.
  • Aosta, Palazzo Challand, Museo Archeologico(antologica); catalogue by P.Levi.
  • Busto Arsizio, Fondazione Bandera per l'Arte,(antologica); catalogue by P.Levi.
1995
  • Brescia, galleria Arte Capital.
  • Courmaier (Aosta), galleria Arte Capital.
1996
  • Monsummano Terme, Villa Renatico Martini, "Colloquio col visibile" (collective).
  • Bologna, Spazio espositivo Telemarket.
1997
  • Torino, Spazio SDA, "Giochi di figure", catalogue by P.Levi.
  • Roma, Spazio espositivo Telemarket.
1998
  • Poggio a Caiano, Villa Medicea, "Drawing in Tuscany,1900-1945" (collettiva); catalogue by M. Pratesi e A. Scappini.

Bibliography

Notes

  1. See also Life of the Artist on Rizzutoarte.com. Accessed 21 May 2011
  2. Cf. Biography, passim on Settemuse.it. Accessed 21 May 2011
  3. Cf. Biography edited by Tommaso Bueno. Accessed 21 May 2011

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