Aligi Sassu

(Milano, 1912 - Pollença, 2000)

Lithograph 100/120, signed lower right

Aligi Sassu was born in Milan, forced to leave school due to family financial straits, he became an apprentice at "La Pressa", a workshop lithography. In 1926 he became the apprentice of a mural decorator and, by attending evening classes, he managed to complete his studies. His friend and designer Bruno Munari introduced him to Marinetti, founder of Futurism, who asked him to participate in the Venice Biennale. Again with Munari, he founded the Manifesto of Painting "Dynamism and muscular reform". His art is characterized by small format works with subjects such as cyclists, cars and industries. He also met Picasso and, after the second meeting, he painted "Martyrs of Piazza Loreto". Ten years later, his Spanish period begins. His canvases and sculptures are exhibited in Seville, Germany, Madrid, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, Palma de Mallorca, Bogota and Buenos Aires.