Lucio Fontana

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Lucio Fontana was an Argentine-Italian artist best known for his Spatialism movement and his iconic slashed and punctured canvases that explored space, light, and the materiality of the artwork.

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instanceOf Argentine-Italian artist
artist
painter
person
artisticConcept integration of space, light, and time in art
spatial concept
burialPlace Cimitero Monumentale di Milano NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
Italy
dateOfBirth 1899-02-19
dateOfDeath 1968-09-07
educatedAt Accademia di Brera NERFINISHED
familyName Fontana NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork ceramics
installation art
painting
sculpture
founded Spatialism movement NERFINISHED
genre abstract painting
avant-garde art
givenName Lucio NERFINISHED
influenced Conceptual artists
Minimalist artists
Zero movement artists NERFINISHED
influencedBy Abstract art
Italian Futurism NERFINISHED
knownFor Spatialism movement NERFINISHED
exploration of space in art
punctured canvases
slashed canvases
movement Abstract art NERFINISHED
Modern art NERFINISHED
Spatialism NERFINISHED
name Lucio Fontana NERFINISHED
notableWork Concetto spaziale (Spatial Concept) series NERFINISHED
Concetto spaziale, Attese series NERFINISHED
Concetto spaziale, Buchi series NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Varese, Italy NERFINISHED
published Manifesto Blanco NERFINISHED
usedMaterial canvas
ceramic
metal
usedTechnique creating holes (buchi) in surfaces
cutting canvas
piercing canvas
workLocation Buenos Aires, Argentina NERFINISHED
Milan, Italy NERFINISHED

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