Ugo Attardi
Ugo Attardi (12 March 1923 in Sori – 20 July 2006 in Rome) was an Italian painter, sculptor and writer.
Ugo Attardi

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- Born
- 1923 · Sori.
- Died
- 2006 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · sculptor · writer
- Honours
- Viareggio Prize
- Languages
- Italian
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Ugo Attardi (12 March 1923 in Sori – 20 July 2006 in Rome) was an Italian painter, sculptor and writer.
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Biography
Biography
Attardi moved from Genoa to Rome in the early 1950s, where he formed the group Forma 1 together with other artists such as Carla Accardi, Pietro Consagra, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Concetto Maugeri, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato. His sculpture of Ulysses is now permanently installed in Battery Park City in New York
Solo
Solo
• 1976 – Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara • 1981 – Rotonda della Besana, Milan • 1982 – Galerie Faris, Paris • 1983 – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris • 1984 – Galleria MR, Rome • 1985 – Palazzo Barberini, Rome • 1991 – Palazzo della Penna, Perugia • 1995 – Reale Albergo dei Poveri, Palermo • 1995 – John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York • 1995 – Spazio Italia Art Gallery, New York • 1996 – Alitalia Headquarters, Rome • 2000 – Centro J. L. Borges, Buenos Aires • 2000 – Galleria Pavilion, Córdoba • 2003 – Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo • 2005 – Loggiato San Bartolomeo, Palermo • 2011 – Convento del Carmine, Marsala
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Collective
• 1947 – Art Club, Rome • 1948 – Art Club, Rome • 1952 – 26° Venice Biennale, Venice • 1954 – 27° Venice Biennale, Venice • 1959 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome • 1965 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome • 1978 – 38° Venice Biennale, Venice • 1982 – FIAC Grand Palais, Paris • 1986 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome • 1992 – Rome Quadriennale, Rome • 2012 – Ulisse Gallery, Rome, Italy
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Ugo Attardi is recorded as painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer.
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1923
Ugo Attardi was born in 1923 at Sori.
1981
Ugo Attardi (2 catalogued editions) (1981) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2006
Ugo Attardi died in 2006 at Rome.
2008
Ugo Attardi digitised by Open Library.
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Ugo Attardi (2 catalogued editions) (1981) — Open Library.
Ugo Attardi (2008) — Open Library
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Attardi, Ugo, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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