Otto Pittori Italiani

[Eight Italian Painters]

Published (in Italian, English and French) as a preface to the monograph "Otto Pittori Italiani. Afro, Birolli, Corpora, Moreni, Morlotti, Santomaso, Turcato, Vedova". The text is signed by the Italian art critic Lionello Venturi and dated Rome, May 2, 1952.
Author(s): Lionello Venturi
Associated movement: Group of the Eight
Language : Italian
Original edition of the manifesto: Published (in Italian, English and French) as a preface to the monograph "Otto Pittori Italiani. Afro, Birolli, Corpora, Moreni, Morlotti, Santomaso, Turcato, Vedova". The text is signed by the Italian art critic Lionello Venturi and dated Rome, May 2, 1952.
Where can we find this manifesto? Luisa Somaini, Otto pittori italiani, 1952-1954, Frittelli Arte, 1986
Which critic recognizes the work as a manifesto ? or: Typical characteristics of a manifesto The text is widely considered as a manifesto by the Italian critic
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Does the work corresponds to the definition of a manifesto? No
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Is the signature individual, collective, or individual but in the name of a collective? in the name of a collective | Individual
Gender of the author(s): Male