Emilio Vedova was an Italian

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 modern

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 painter

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, considered one of the most important to emerge in his country's artistic scene after World War II

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Vedova was born in Venice

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 into a working-class family. After an initial formative experience within Expressionism

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, he joined the group "Corrente" (1942-43), which included other artists such as Renato Guttuso

Renato Guttuso

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 and Renato Birolli

Renato Birolli

-Biography:Birolli was born at Verona to a family of industrial workers. In 1923 he moved to Milan where he formed an avanguardist group with other artists such as Renato Guttuso, Giacomo Manzù and Aligi Sassu. In 1937 he was a member of the artistical movement called Corrente di Vita...

. He participated in the Resistenza

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 and played a key role in the post-war Italian art movement, which was opening up and contributing originally to the European avant-garde

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. In 1946 he co-signed the manifesto of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti

Fronte Nuovo delle Arti

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, which included several Italian artists who were to become famous. In 1952 he became a member of the influential Gruppo degli Otto (Afro, Birolli, Corpora, Santomaso, Morlotti, Vedova, Moreni, Turcato), organised by the critic Lionello Venturi. His work exerted a significant influence on the Arte Povera

Arte Povera

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 group.

He later established a fruitful cooperation with composer Luigi Nono

Luigi Nono

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, designing scenographies and costumes for the opera Intolleranza 1960. In 1984 he designed a highly original light setting for Nono's opera Prometeo

Prometeo

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at La Fenice

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. Nono dedicated to Vedova his first work for magnetic tape Omaggio a Vedova(1960).

Vedova spent most of his life in Venice, where he taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti

Accademia

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External links

• A tribute to Emilio Vedova with photos
• Biography, from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
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• Obituary, from The Daily Telegraph
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• http://www.galerie-bordas.com