Eugenio Carmi

Eugenio Carmi studied at ETH Zurich. The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is painting and graphics. Work by Eugenio Carmi is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art.

• Name — Eugenio Carmi • Birthplace — Genoa, Italy • Place of death — Lugano, Switzerland • Occupation — Painter, sculptor

Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1938 Carmi moved to Switzerland because of the racial laws imposed by Italian nationalist and the founder of Italian Fascism, Benito Mussolini. He graduated in Chemistry at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland Carmi returned to Italy after the war, where he studied painting with Felice Casorati and sculpture with Guido Galletti. In the early 1950s, Carmi abandoned the informal style and adopted a geometric rigor in his works. His works often used factory materials such as welded steel and iron. Between 1958 and 1965 Carmi collaborated with the steel company Italsider (later Ilva) as their responsible for the image. In 1963 he founded with Flavio Costantini and Emanuele Luzzati the cooperative of artists Galleria del Deposito. A close friend of Umberto Eco, he collaborated with him on several projects. He also taught in several academies.