Enrico Castellani
Italian artist (1930–2017)
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Enrico Castellani (4 August 1930 – 1 December 2017) was an Italian artist. He was active in Italy from the early 1960s, and associated with Piero Manzoni and Vincenzo Agnetti.[1][2][3] From 1959 he made monochromatic geometric reliefs using nails from a nail-gun to distort his canvases.[4]
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| Born | 4 August 1930 |
| Died | 1 December 2017 (aged 87) |
| Awards | Praemium Imperiale, 2010 |
In 2010 he received the Praemium Imperiale for painting.[5]
Life
Castellani was born on 4 August 1930 in Castelmassa in the province of Rovigo, in the Veneto. He studied in Brussels, first sculpture and painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, and then architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre. He then went to live in Milan.[4] Castellani collaborated with artists such as Getulio Alviani, Piero Manzoni, and others.
