Roberto Iras Baldessari - Chioggia Canal, Italy

Roberto Marcello Baldessari (1894 – 1965)

Canal di Chioggia, Italy

Material: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 80cm
Frame: Yes

Roberto Marcello Baldessari (1894 Innsbruck - 1965 Rome) was an Italian painter and engraver. A pupil of Luigi Comel at the Scuola Reale Elisabettina in Rovereto, he completed his studies at the Accademia di belle arti in Venice, where he came into contact with the artists of Ca' Pesaro. Settling in Florence in 1915, he joined Futurism and frequented the group of artists at the Le Giubbe Rosse café, also collaborating with the magazines L'Italia futurista and Roma futurista. In the early 1920s, he stayed in Central Europe, where he experimented with Dadaist and abstract works. He then moved to Rome, where he devoted himself mainly to engraving and landscape painting. In the 1930s, he traveled again to Europe and participated in numerous international exhibitions. After a brief return to Futurism, which culminated in his participation in the 19th Venice Biennale and the exhibition of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Aeropittura in 1934, he settled permanently in Rovereto, where he produced etchings and frescoes.