{"id":364,"date":"2018-08-23T10:43:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T08:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/biografia\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:31:38","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-364\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-364-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-364-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-364-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_qzr_bio panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-qzr_bio so-widget-qzr_bio-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"main-column\">\n\t<div class=\"qzr-bio\">\n\t\t<div class=\"columns-1 left years\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"years-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade active\" data-decade=\"1890\">\n\t\t\t\t\t1890\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade\" data-decade=\"1900\">\n\t\t\t\t\t1900\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade\" data-decade=\"1910\">\n\t\t\t\t\t1910\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade\" data-decade=\"1920\">\n\t\t\t\t\t1920\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade\" data-decade=\"1930\">\n\t\t\t\t\t1930\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade\" data-decade=\"1940\">\n\t\t\t\t\t1940\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade\" data-decade=\"1950\">\n\t\t\t\t\t1950\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"decade\" data-decade=\"exhibitions\">Exhibitions<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"columns-5 right content\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pointer\" data-pointer=\"1890\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1890\" data-year=\"1894\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1894<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>born on 22 March in Monte Vidon Corrado, a town near Fermo, in the Italian region of Marche. Immediately after his birth, his parents, Vincenzo Licini and Amedea Corazza, moved to Paris for work. There, Vincenzo worked as a commercial poster designer and Amedea ran a fashion house. Osvaldo remained in Monte Vidon Corrado, cared for by his paternal grandfather, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/en\/opera\/1016\/\">Filippo<\/a>. In 1896, his sister Esmeralda was born in Paris.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"pointer\" data-pointer=\"1900\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1900\" data-year=\"1908\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1908<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>shortly after he turned fourteen, he moved to Bologna to attend the Fine Arts Academy. His fellow students included Giorgio Morandi, Mario Bacchelli, Severo Pozzati (Sepo) and Giacomo Vespignani.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"pointer\" data-pointer=\"1910\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1910\" data-year=\"1913\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1913<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>had contact with Futurist circles, without, however, essentially subscribing to Futurism.<br \/>\nDuring the summer, he wrote Racconti di Bruto (Stories about Bruto) in which Bruto is Osvaldo himself. He had the musician Francesco Balilla Pratella read the manuscript.<br \/>\nPainted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/opera\/autoritratto\/\">self-portrait<\/a> that he later gave to his friend Morandi.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1910\" data-year=\"1914\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1914<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in March, he presented his work to the public for the first time, in a group exhibition of the so-called Secessionists held in Bologna in the basement of the Hotel Baglioni; the other artists included Bacchelli, Morandi, Pozzati and Vespignani.<br \/>\nTowards the end of the year, he moved to Florence to study sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1910\" data-year=\"1915 \u2014 1916\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1915 \u2014 1916<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>fought in World War I. His leg was injured in Podgora (leaving him with a permanent limp), and he was sent to the military hospital in Florence.<br \/>\nIn the Tuscan capital, he met Beatrice M\u00fcller, a young Swiss woman who, having completed her language studies in Geneva and London, decided at the outbreak of World War I to join the International Red Cross for humanitarian reasons. Stationed in Florence, Osvaldo began a relationship with her that resulted in the birth of their son Paolo in 1917.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1910\" data-year=\"1917\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1917<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>went to Paris to recover from his injury, staying with his mother Amedea and his sister Esmeralda, a ballerina at the Op\u00e9ra. By that point, his father had died.<br \/>\nAt the Caf\u00e9 de la Rotonde, he met, among others, Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Blaise Cendrars, Ortiz de Zarate and Mo\u00efse Kisling. During that period, he also met the art dealer Leopold Zborowski, who later became a collector of his work. In May, at the Ch\u00e2telet Theater, he attended the first performance of Cocteau\u2019s Parade, with music by Erik Satie and sets by Picasso.<\/p>\n<p>In Montparnasse, in the fall, he met Amedeo Modigliani, and the two became friends. Modigliani drew a portrait of him that was, however, destroyed a few years later in a fire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"pointer\" data-pointer=\"1920\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1920\" data-year=\"1921\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1921<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>spent a long period in Paris. Through the French painter Maurice Loutreuil, he participated in a group exhibition comparing \u2018pompier\u2019 and \u2018moderne\u2019 artists at the Devambez Gallery. The other artists included, among others, Manuel Ortiz de Zarate and Cha\u00efm Soutine.<\/p>\n<p>Participated in the 14th <em>Salon d\u2019automn<\/em>e with three female portraits.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1920\" data-year=\"1922 \u2014 1925\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1922 \u2014 1925<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>continued to divide his time between Italy and France.<br \/>\nDuring these years, he was engaged in stimulating cultural dialogue with his Marche friends Felice and Ermenegildo Catalini, Gino Nibbi and Acruto Vitali.<br \/>\nParticipated in a few exhibitions in Paris: in 1922, the 15th <em>Salon d\u2019automne<\/em>; in 1923, the 34th <em>Salon des ind\u00e9pendants<\/em>; in 1924, a group exhibition at the La Closerie des Lilas and a solo exhibition at his sister Esmeralda\u2019s home in Boulevard Lannes.<br \/>\nThrough his sister, he met Gabriel Voisin (the French aviation pioneer and aircraft and car producer), who became one of his first collectors.<br \/>\nIn 1925, he participated in the 36th <em>Salon des ind\u00e9pendants<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1920\" data-year=\"1926\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1926<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in part due to the interest of the painter Gian Emilio Malerba (whom he met through the artist Mario Tozzi), he participated with three works in the <em>I Mostra del Novecento italiano<\/em> promoted by Margherita Sarfatti in Milan; the works displayed were a still life and two seascapes (one of which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/opera\/marina\/\">Marina<\/a>)<br \/>\nMarried the Swedish painter Nanny Hellstr\u00f6m, whom he met in France, and they moved to Monte Vidon Corrado.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1920\" data-year=\"1927\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1927<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>participated in the Novecento Italiano exhibition in Amsterdam (<em>Exhibition of Italian art in the Netherlands<\/em>), presented by Enrico Morpurgo; he displayed four works, one of which a still life (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/opera\/natura-morta-con-arancia\/\">Natura morta con arancia<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1920\" data-year=\"1928\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1928<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in Paris, he participated in the group exhibition <em>Les artistes italiens de Paris<\/em>, curated by Mario Tozzi.<br \/>\nDevoted himself to illustrating a book about Giacomo Leopardi, creating a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/en\/opera\/leopardi\/\">drawings of the writer<\/a>, but the project was later abandoned.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1920\" data-year=\"1929\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1929<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in Milan, he participated in the<em> II Mostra del Novecento italiano<\/em>.<br \/>\nFilled out a questionnaire, which he sent to Giovanni Scheiwiller, in which he described, among other things, the stages of his artistic development up to then: fantastical primitivism (from 1913 to 1915), war episodes (from 1915 to 1920) and, from 1920 to 1929, realism (the term realism was, however, followed by a question mark, indicating the singularity of his approach to representing reality).<br \/>\nIn Paris, he participated in the group exhibition<em> Art italien moderne<\/em>, organised by Mario Tozzi.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"pointer\" data-pointer=\"1930\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1930\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1930<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>displayed his work in Basel and then in Bern in the exhibition <em>Artisti della nuova Italia<\/em>, presented by Alberto Sartoris.<br \/>\nPainted what is considered his first abstract painting (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/opera\/fili-astratti-su-fondo-bianco\/\">Fili astratti su fondo bianco<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1931\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1931<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>participated with two works <em>(Figura in verde e Paesaggio)<\/em> in the<em> I Quadriennale d\u2019arte nazionale<\/em> in Rome.<br \/>\nIn September, he went to Stockholm for the opening of the exhibition<em> \u2018Novecento italiano\u2019<\/em> <em>Nutida italiensk konst<\/em>, in which he presented two still lifes and a portrait of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/opera\/nella-figura\/\">Nella (figura)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1932\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1932<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>wrote a story, Sibilla, the manuscript of which has never been found.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1934\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1934<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in Venice, he met the critic Giuseppe Marchiori for the first time, having been in correspondence with him since 1932.<br \/>\nIn Burano, on the guest register of a trattoria, he described himself as <em>errante, erotico, eretico<\/em> (errant, erotic, heretical).<br \/>\nIn the magazine L\u2019Orto, he published a text in memory of Modigliani, \u2018Ricordo di Modigliani\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1935\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1935<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in Rome, he displayed three works in the<em> II Quadriennale d\u2019arte nazionale:<\/em> <em>Il Bilico<\/em> (1934), <i>Castello in Aria\u00a0<\/i>(1932) and <em>Stratosfera<\/em>.<br \/>\nRead Carlo Belli\u2019s essay on abstract art, \u2018Kn\u2019, with enthusiasm.<br \/>\nIn March, he participated with six works in the <em>Prima mostra collettiva di arte astratta italiana<\/em> in Turin at the studio of Felice Casorati and Enrico Paulucci; the other artists included, among others, Lucio Fontana, Fausto Melotti, Mauro Reggiani, Atanasio Soldati and Luigi Veronesi.<br \/>\nTwo of his works were reproduced in the fourth issue of the French magazine <em>Abstraction<\/em> \u2013 <em>Cr\u00e9ation art non figuratif<\/em>.<br \/>\nIn Milan, at the Galleria del Milione, he held his first solo exhibition in Italy, showing thirty-seven paintings and a few drawings. The paintings included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/opera\/notturno-n-2\/\">Notturno n. 2<\/a>, of 1932.<br \/>\nWent to Paris, where he met Kandinsky, Zervos, Kupka, Herbin and Magnelli.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1936\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1936<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>at the Villa Olmo, in Como, he displayed work in the <em>Mostra di pittura moderna italiana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1937\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1937<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in Milan, he participated in the group exhibition <em>Venti firme<\/em> at the Galleria del Milione.<br \/>\nIn the <em>Il Corriere Padano<\/em>, he published the article <em>Natura di un discorso<\/em>, explaining his conception of art.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1938\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1938<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>the year of the first letter documenting his correspondence with Franco Ciliberti, theosophist and scholar of Asian philosophies.<br \/>\nAttended the talk given by Marinetti at the Teatro delle Arti in Rome, <em>Defence of civilisation for the freedom of art<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1930\" data-year=\"1939\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1939<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>participated, in Rome, in the<em> III Quadriennale d\u2019arte nazionale<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"pointer\" data-pointer=\"1940\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1940\" data-year=\"1941\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1941<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>joined the Gruppo Primordiale Futurista, founded in Como, other members of which included Cesare Cattaneo, Franco Ciliberti, Pietro Lingeri, Mario Radice, Manlio Rho, Alberto Sartoris and Giuseppe Terragni.<br \/>\nAlberto Sartoris published the essay <em>Osvaldo Licini archipittore<\/em> in <em>Origini<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1940\" data-year=\"1943 \u2014 1945\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1943 \u2014 1945<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>supported the activity of the National Liberation Committee.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1940\" data-year=\"1946\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1946<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>became mayor of Monte Vidon Corrado.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1940\" data-year=\"1947\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1947<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>displayed work in Milan in the group exhibition <em>Arte astratta e concreta<\/em> organised by Max Bill, Max Huber and Lanfranco Bombelli Tiravanti.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1940\" data-year=\"1948\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1948<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>displayed work for the first time at the <em>Venice Biennale<\/em>, showing three works.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"pointer\" data-pointer=\"1950\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1950\" data-year=\"1950\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1950<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>at the<em> 25th Venice Biennale<\/em>, he presented nine works on the theme of <em>Amalassunta<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1950\" data-year=\"1951\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1951<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>confirmed mayor of Monte Vidon Corrado for a second term.<br \/>\nParticipated with three works on the theme of <em>Amalassunta<\/em> in the exhibition <em>Artistas italianos de hoje<\/em> at the 1st Biennial of the Museum of Modern Art in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.<br \/>\nDisplayed work in Turin in the exhibition <em>Pittori d\u2019oggi Francia \u2013 Italia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1950\" data-year=\"1953\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1953<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>displayed work in the group exhibition <em>Nutida italiensk konst<\/em>, organised by the <em>Venice Biennale<\/em> at the Liljevalchs Konsthall in Stockholm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1950\" data-year=\"1957\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1957<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>in Monte Vidon Corrado, he received a visit from the critic Luigi Carluccio, who wanted to organise a retrospective of his work in Turin as part of the exhibition <em>Pittori d\u2019oggi Francia \u2013 Italia<\/em>. He approved Carluccio\u2019s project and lent various works to the show. The show opened in October (the French artist selected for a retrospective was Fernand L\u00e9ger).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\" data-decade=\"1950\" data-year=\"1958\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1958<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>the Centro Culturale Olivetti in Ivrea held a large solo exhibition of his work in February, presented by Marchiori. In the months prior to the opening, he contributed personally to the preparation of the show.<br \/>\nSixty-two works (from 1921 to 1957) were displayed, as well as numerous paintings from the so-called realist period in the 1920s.<br \/>\nPainted one of his last works, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osvaldolicini.it\/opera\/ritmo\/\">Ritmo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the <em>29th Venice Biennale<\/em>, he was given a solo room, where forty-three works were displayed (as per the revised third edition of the Biennale catalogue). Umbro Apollonio presented the exhibition and the exhibition design was by Carlo Scarpa.<br \/>\nThe jury awarded him the International Grand Prize for painting. In June, he was in Venice with his son, Paolo, for the award ceremony, where he received his prize from the President of the Republic, Giovanni Gronchi.<br \/>\nOn 11 October, while the 29th Biennale was still under way, he died at his home in Monte Vidon Corrado.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"exhibitions pointer\" data-pointer=\"exhibitions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><p>A selection of post-1958 exhibitions<br \/>\n(list by Lorenzo Licini)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1959<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>Retrospective at the <em>VIII Quadriennale nazionale d\u2019arte di Roma<\/em>, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, December 1959 \u2013 April 1960<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1961<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Licini\u2019<\/em>, Madrid, Sala Santa Catalina, Ateneo de Madrid, 26 April \u2013 14 May<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1968<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Osvaldo Licini\u2019<\/em>, Turin, Galleria Civica d\u2019Arte Moderna, 23 October 1968 \u2013 6 January 1969<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1969<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Osvaldo Licini\u2019<\/em>, Bologna, Palazzo dell\u2019Archiginnasio, 2 February \u2013 9 March<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1974<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Osvaldo Licini\u2019<\/em>, Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, 23 November 1974 \u2013 10 February 1975<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1985<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Licini. Opere dal 1913 al 1957\u2019<\/em>, Urbino, Palazzo Ducale, Sale del Castellare, July - September<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1988<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Licini\u2019<\/em>, Venice, Galleria della Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, 21 June \u2013 18 August<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>1994<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Osvaldo Licini. Una retrospettiva nel centenario della nascita\u2019<\/em>, Florence, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, 22 March \u2013 15 May; Milan, Palazzo Reale, 24 June \u2013 2 October<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>2010<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Osvaldo Licini: Capolavori\u2019<\/em>, Turin, GAM \u2013 Galleria Civica d\u2019Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 24 October 2010 \u2013 20 March 2011<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>2014<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p><em>\u2018Jean Arp \u2013 Osvaldo Licini\u2019<\/em>, Lugano, Museo d\u2019Arte Citt\u00e0 di Lugano, 13 April \u2013 20 July<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"year\"><h3>2018<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><p><p>\"<em>Osvaldo Licini. Let sheer folly sweep me away<\/em>\", Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 22 September 2018 - 14 January 2019<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 Exhibitions 1894 born on 22 March in Monte Vidon Corrado, a town near Fermo, in the Italian region of Marche. Immediately after his birth, his parents, Vincenzo Licini and Amedea Corazza, moved to Paris for work. 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