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Biography
1899
Born: Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina
1914 - 1915
Studied at the School of Architecture at the Technical Institute Carlo Cattaneo, Milan, Italy
1928 - 1930
Studied at the Academia di Bella Arti di Brera, Milan, Italy
1934
Joined the Paris group of artists 'Abstraction-Création', and set up their Milan section
1942
First Prize of Sculpture at the XXXII National Salon of Fine Arts
1946
Founded the Academia de Altamira, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1968
Died: Comabbio, Italy
Exhibitions
2008
"Lucio Fontana, Scultore," Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy (solo) “Lucio Fontana: Paintings, Sculptures, Works on Paper,” Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK (solo)
2007
"Via Crucis - Lucio Fontana", Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, Sao Paulo, Brazil “Lucio Fontana Sculptor,” Castello di San Giorgio, Torino, Italy (solo) "Living, Looking, Making: Sculpture by Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra," Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
2006
"Lucio Fontana," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY (solo) “Lucio Fontana: Venice/New York”, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy (solo) “Lucio Fontana: Alle Radici Dello Spazialismo,” Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo, New York, NY (solo) “Lucio Fontana: Alle Radici Dello Spazialismo,” Italian Cultural Institute, New York, NY (solo) “Lucio Fontana,” Harry Ruhe / Galerie A, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
2005
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
"Lucio Fontana," Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland (solo)
2002
De Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
2000
"Lucio Fontana", Sperone Westwater, New York, NY (solo) "Lucio Fontana," 11 Duke Street Limited, London, UK (solo)
1999 - 2000
"Lucio Fontana", Hayward Gallery, London, UK "Minimalia: An Italian Version in 20th Century Art", P.S. 1, New York, NY
1999
"Lucio Fontana,'Stasera inauguro la mia mostra da Palazzoli'," Galleria Blu, Milan, Italy
1998 - 1999
"Gold: Gothic Masters and Lucio Fontana," Compagnia Di Belle Arti (& other locations) Milan, Italy
1998 - 1998p
"Lucio Fontana", Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy (solo) "Lucio Fontana. Entre Materia y Espacio", La Fundación 'la Caixa' in collaboration with the Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (solo)
1996 - 1997
"Lucio Fontana: Retrospektive", Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; Museum Moderner Kunst Stifung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria (solo)
1987
"Lucio Fontana", Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Fondation Caixa de Pensions in Barcelona, Spain Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
1977
"Lucio Fontana Retrospective," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY (solo)
1966
"Retrospective", Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
1959
V. Bienal Sao Paulo, Brazil
1930
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1930
Galleria del Milione, Milan, Italy (solo)
1926
Nexus, Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina
Selected Public Collections:
Museum of Modern Art, New York , NY Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH Calderara Foundation Collection, Milan, Italy Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain Tate Gallery, London, UK
Literature
2004
Lucio Fontana. Burgdorf, Switzerland: Museum Franz Gertsch (catalogue)
2000
Tuttle, Richard. Lucio Fontana. New York: Sperone Westwate, 2000 (catalogue)
