Arturo Cavalli (b.1914) Italian
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Signed and dated 1960, mixed media on paper, 60cm by 41cm

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Arturo Cavalli was born in Busseto in 1914. His father died when he was six and from that time until he was fourteen he lived in an orphanage of Parma. Once his formal education was completed, he moved to Milan.

Cavalli was active in the Resistance Movement during the World War II and immediately afterwards went to London, where he was very taken with the museums and art galleries. Returning to Italy in 1948 he decided to dedicate himself completely to painting and soon became recognised as one of the outstanding figures of post-war Italian art, working from his studio in Milan.

Exhibitions of his works have been held in Milan, Rome and Viareggio, and his paintings have been included in collective showings in Great Britain, Germany, the United States and Italy. The New Vision Centre Gallery hosted his first one-man exhibition in May 1960.