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Alberto Magnelli    (Italian, 1888-1971)

 Alberto Magnelli - La magnanerie Della Ferrage (Prints) h: 68 x w: 52 cm / h: 26.8 x w: 20.5 in
Alberto Magnelli
La magnanerie Della Ferrage
 
  

Biography
1888 Born: In Florence, Italy
1907 Started painting without formal art education
1914 Moved to Paris, France where he met Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger
1939 Settled down in the South of France during the Second World War
1955 Received the “Prix de la Critique” in Brussels, Belgium
1971 Died: in Meudon, France

Exhibitions
2009 "Alberto Magnelli: Dessins inédits", Galerie Di Meo, Paris, France (solo)
"Alberto Magnelli", Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2008 "Alberto Magnelli: A Retrospective: 1912-1965", Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2007 "Alberto Magnelli", Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Palace of the Princes, Correggio, Italy (solo)
2001 "Alberto Magnelli", Villa dei Cedri Museum, Bellinzona, Switzerland (solo)
"Alberto Magnelli", Refectory of the Stelline, Milan, Italy (solo)
2000 "Alberto Magnelli", Würth Museum, Künzelsau, Germany (solo)
1998 "Alberto Magnelli", Magnelli Museum , Vallauris, France (solo)
1989 "Alberto Magnelli", Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
1988 "Alberto Magnelli", Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy (solo)
"Alberto Magnelli", Papal Palace, Avignon, France (solo)
"Alberto Magnelli", Museum of Modern Art, Saint Etienne, France (solo)
1983 "Alberto Magnelli", Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium (solo)
1979 "Alberto Magnelli", Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, Italy (solo)
1968 "Alberto Magnelli", Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France (solo)
1963 "Alberto Magnelli", Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland; Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy (solo)
1960 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1955 Documenta II, Kassel, Germany
1955 São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil (awarded first prize)
1954 Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
1953 São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil (awarded second prize)
1950 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1947 René Drouin Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
1945 “Concrete Art", René Drouin Gallery, Paris, France
1939 “Salon de Réalités Nouvelles”, Charpentier Gallery, Paris, France
1937 Boyer Galleries, , New York, NY (solo)
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
“Origins and Development of Independent International Art”, Galeries du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
1935 The Rome Quadriennale, Rome, Italy
Galleria del Milione, Milan, Italy
1934 Galerie Pierre Loeb, Paris, France (solo)
1932 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1929 Pesaro Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
1921 Galleria Materassi, Florence, Italy (solo)
1909 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Selected Public Collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Musée national des Beaux-Arts, Québec, Canada
Århus Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France
Musée d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain Nice, Nice, France
Centre Georges Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
MAC/VAL, Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany
GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
GAM - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Rome, Italy
GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain

Literature
2008 Alberto Magnelli - A Retrospective: 1912-1965. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2008 (catalogue)
1990 Magnelli, les collages. Paris, France: A. Maisonnier, Ed. Adam Biro, 1990
1986 A. Magnelli : ardoises et collages. Paris, France: Centre Pompidou, 1986 (catalogue)
1983 Abadie, Daniel. Alberto Magnelli. Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium: Christian Fayt Art Gallery, 1983 (catalogue)
1980 Magnelli : l’oeuvre gravé. Paris, France: A. Maisonnier, 1980
1975 Alberto Magnelli : l’oeuvre peinte. Paris, France: A. Maisonnier, 1975
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