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Biography
Italian painter who studied Architecture in Parma at the Accademia di Belle Arte. He taught design at the Scuola Professionale in Langhirano between 1923 and 1925, a time at which he began painting. In the same year, he moved to Milan where he had his first exhibition at the Galleria del Milione in 1931. It was here he witnessed the development of Abstract Art with Mauro Reggiani and Gino Ghiringhelli. The works presented in his second exhibition showed his persistent interest in Cubism and Purism and, at the third in 1935, he presented considerably linear abstract compositions which reflected his proximity to the work of Piet Mondrian, Vortemberge-Gildewart and others. In 1936, he joined the Parisian group, Abstraction-Création. After the war he was, together with Gillo Dorfles, Gianni Monnet and Bruno Munari, co-founder of the Movimento di arte concreto in Milan, aimed at opposing Social Realism. Despite his illness, Soldati achieved an exemplary freedom in his final works such as Ambiguity.
Exhibitions
La Biennale di Venezia La Biennale di Venezia, Italy 01-01-1966 ~ 31-12-1966
Atanasio Soldati Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Italy 01-01-1969 ~ 31-12-1970
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Art Deco Berardo Collection, Sintra Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-03-2007 ~ 14-10-2007
Bibliography
Atenasio Soldati, 1969 Published by Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
XXXIII Biennalle Internazionale d' Arte
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