{"id":25612,"date":"2017-09-13T10:28:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T08:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirellihangarbicocca.org\/?page_id=25612\/"},"modified":"2021-03-02T22:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T21:25:06","slug":"2-he-was-born-in-argentina-and-moved-between-south-america-and-italy-for-many-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pirellihangarbicocca.org\/en\/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-lucio-fontana\/2-he-was-born-in-argentina-and-moved-between-south-america-and-italy-for-many-years\/","title":{"rendered":"2. He was born in Argentina and moved between South America and Italy for many years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h3>\n\t\t9 Things You May Not Know about Lucio Fontana\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web-assets-hangarbicocca.pirelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2_Lucio_Fontana_Imm1.jpg\" alt=\"Lucio Fontana. \u00a9 Fondazione Lucio Fontana\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"450\" width=\"705\" title=\"Lucio Fontana. \u00a9 Fondazione Lucio Fontana\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pirellihangarbicocca.org\/en\/exhibition\/lucio-fontana-environments\/\">Lucio Fontana<\/a>\u00a0was born in 1899 in\u00a0<strong>Rosario de Santa F\u00e9, Argentina<\/strong>. His father, Luigi Fontana, was an architect and sculptor from Varese, Italy who emigrated to South America in 1891, opening a studio specialized in architectural decorations, while his mother, Lucia, was an Italian-born actress.<br \/>\nIn 1905, Luigi Fontana returned to Italy with Lucio, who attended school there until 1914. After fighting in\u00a0<strong>World War I<\/strong>, Lucio Fontana moved to Argentina in 1922. In this period, he made many public sculptures and decorative works.\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web-assets-hangarbicocca.pirelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2_Lucio_Fontana_Imm2_DEF.jpg\" alt=\"Lucio Fontana nel suo studio di via De Amicis, Milano 1933. \u00a9 Fondazione Lucio Fontana\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"470\" width=\"705\" title=\"Lucio Fontana nel suo studio di via De Amicis, Milano 1933. \u00a9 Fondazione Lucio Fontana\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>In 1927, he came back to Milan and enrolled at the\u00a0<strong>Brera Academy<\/strong>, where he studied under Symbolist sculptor\u00a0<strong>Adolfo Wildt<\/strong>. He lived and worked in Italy until 1940, but moved back to Argentina again when World War II broke out. Here he came into contact with a number of young artists with whom he developed the theories and concepts that coalesced as the\u00a0<strong><em>Manifiesto Blanco<\/em><\/strong>, published in 1946.<\/p>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 Things You May Not Know about Lucio Fontana Lucio Fontana\u00a0was born in 1899 in\u00a0Rosario de Santa F\u00e9, Argentina. His father, Luigi Fontana, was an architect and sculptor from Varese, Italy who emigrated to South America in 1891, opening a studio specialized in architectural decorations, while his mother, Lucia, was an Italian-born actress. 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