Edoardo Persico
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Persico was born in Naples, where he attended high school. In 1920, he moved to Paris to study law. The following year he abandoned his studies to focus on his interest in art, literature and publishing. In 1923 his first philosophical essay, "The City and the People of Today" was published by Quattrini in Florence. After contributing to magazines such as The Liberal Revolution and Il Baretti, in 1926 he moved to Turin, where he supported himself by working as a mechanic assembler for Fiat.
Writing
After a brief attempt to found his own publishing house, in 1929 Persico moved to Milan, where he worked at Pier Maria Bardi's magazine Belvedere. In 1931 Persico started contributing to Casabella. In 1935 he was appointed co-editor of the magazine with Giuseppe Pagano.[2] Persico was one of the first art journalists to cover the works of Francesco De Rocchi extensively.[3] He was also a fervent supporter of a group of artists in Turin later to be known as the Gruppo dei Sei.
