School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Giuseppe Cavalli

Born: 1904, Italy, Lucera   Died: 1961, Senigallia

Photographer. Son of a landowner. Trained as a lawyer at the University of Rome and practised betweed 1926 and 1935 before turning to photography. He moved to Senigallia in 1939 where he influenced Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000). He was a founder member of the Gruppo degli Otto, 1941, the Bussola Group, 1947, and the MISA group, 1954. He was an adversary of Paolo Monti (1908-1982). His aesthetic photography, incorporating a white-on-white technique, was a major influence on Italian 'art' photographers

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker




 
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