Regina Cassolo Bracchi
Regina Cassolo Bracchi (1894–1974) was an Italian sculptor. She is known for her pioneering use of materials such as aluminum, wire, and tin. She was part of the Futurist movement as well as the Movimento arte concreta and Spatialism.
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Regina Cassolo Bracchi
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- Name
- Regina Cassolo Bracchi
- Birth Name
- Regina Prassede Cassolo
- Born
- 21 May 1894
- Birthplace
- Mede, Italy
- Died
- 14 September 1974
- Place of death
- Milan, Italy
- Movement
- Movimento Arte Concreta
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Movements
- Futurism · concrete art · Movimento Arte Concreta
- Education
- Brera Academy
- Languages
- Italian
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Regina Cassolo Bracchi (1894–1974) was an Italian sculptor. She is known for her pioneering use of materials such as aluminum, wire, and tin. She was part of the Futurist movement as well as the Movimento arte concreta and Spatialism.
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• Name — Regina Cassolo Bracchi • Birth Name — Regina Prassede Cassolo • Born — 21 May 1894 • Birthplace — Mede, Italy • Died — 14 September 1974 • Place of death — Milan, Italy • Movement — Movimento Arte Concreta
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Bracchi née Cassolo was born in Mede on 21 May 1894. She studied at the Brera Academy in Milan and then at the studio of Giovanni Battista Alloati (1878 - 1964) in Turin, Italy. In 1934 she signed the Manifesto Tecnico dell'Aeroplastica Futurista (Technical Manifesto of Futurist Aeroplastics). In 1948 she joined the Movimento Arte Concreta. Cassolo died in Milan on 14 September 1974. In 2021 the Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art) held a retrospective of her work. The same year her work was in the exhibition Women in Abstraction at the Centre Pompidou.
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1894
Regina Cassolo Bracchi born at Mede.
1974
Regina Cassolo Bracchi died at Milan.
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Regina Cassolo Bracchi was born in Mede.
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Regina Cassolo Bracchi died in Milan.
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- 1.Regina Cassolo Bracchi -. Les presses du réel.
- 2.Archive of Regina Cassolo Bracchi, Italy's first avant-garde sculptor, is born. Finestre sull'Arte.
- 3.Regina Cassolo Bracchi. AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes.
- 4.Regina Cassolo Bracchi. abART.
- 5.The "queen" of sculpture. GAMeC.
- 6.Regina. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00150010.
- 7.Rediscovering Regina Cassolo Bracchi, Queen of Tin & Aluminium. Irenebrination: Notes on Architecture, Art, Fashion and Style.
- 8.Thames & Hudson Ltd.; Thames & Hudson Inc. Women in abstraction. 170. 2021. 978-0500094372.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Regina, Regina Prassede Cassolo, Regina Cassolo and Regina Bracchi. Her recorded language was Italian. She married Luigi Bracchi.
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