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Emilio Scanavino

Emilio Scanavino (1922 - 1986) was active/lived in Italy.  Emilio Scanavino is known for Lyrical abstract painting, sculpture.

Emilio Scanavino was an Italian painter and sculptor in a modernist, Cubist-influenced style. In 1938 the young Scanavino enrolled in the Art School Nicolò Barabino of Genoa where he met his teacher Mario Calonghi, who had a great influence on Scanavino's artwork. In 1942 he had his first exhibition at the Salone Romano of Genoa. In the same year he enrolled at the Faculty of Architecture at Milan University. In 1946 he married Giorgina Graglia.

In 1947 Scanavino moved, for the first time, to Paris where he met poets and artists such as Edouard Jaguer, Wols and Camille Bryen. This experience was invaluable to his stylistic growth, especially Cubism, which he gave personal interpretation. 

He was part of the Group "I sette del Numero" of the Numero Gallery in Florence, together with the other famous painter Rocco Borella. In 1950 he exhibited at the 25th edition of the Venice Biennale and in 1951 at the Apollinaire Gallery of London in a two-person exhibition with th   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4128 characters.]  Artist bio

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