Duilio Barnabè (October 7, – October 7, ) was an Italian artist who lived and worked in Paris..
Duilio Barnabè
Italian painter
Duilio Barnabè (October 7, 1914 – October 7, 1961) was an Italian artist who lived and worked in Paris.
He is known for his paintings of schematically simplified figures, still-lifes, and landscapes.
Duilio Barnabè was born in Bologna in Early on, it was clear that he was to be an artist.
Career
Barnabè was born in Bologna in 1914. His father was a shopkeeper.[1] He studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna where his teachers included Giorgio Morandi. Barnabé served in the Italian army in North Africa in 1935.[1] Upon returning to his home town he met a young sculptor, Angiola Cassanello, whom he married in 1938.
During part of 1940 he was recalled into military service, but returned to Bologna afterward to concentrate on his art.[1] He received the Baruzzi Prize in 1941 and the International Curlandese Prize in 1943.[2]
In 1946 Barnabè relocated to Paris.[3] His first exhibition outside Italy was in 1947, when he participated in an exhibition of contemporary Italian