Artist

Alberto Burri

Portrait of Alberto Burri
Portrait of Alberto Burri

Italian, 1915–1995

Alberto Burri was an Italian Art Brut artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Alberto Burri was born in Città di Castello.

Alberto Burri (12 March 1915 – 13 February 1995; Italian pronunciation: ) was an Italian visual artist, painter, sculptor, and physician based in Città di Castello. He is associated with the matterism of the European informal art movement and described his style as a polymaterialist. He had connections with Lucio Fontana's spatialism and, with Antoni Tàpies, an influence on the revival of the art of post-war assembly in the United States (Robert Rauschenberg) as in Europe.

Works by Alberto Burri

Collections represented

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