Alberto Magnelli (Italian, –1971)

Timeline

1888
Born: in Florence, Italy
1907
Started painting without formal art education
1914
Moved to Paris, France where he met Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger
1939
Settled down in the South of France during the Second World War
1955
Received the “Prix de la Critique” in Brussels, Belgium
1971
Died: in Meudon, France

Exhibitions

2009
Alberto Magnelli: Dessins inédits, Galerie Di Meo, Paris, France (solo)
Alberto Magnelli, Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2008
Alberto Magnelli: A Retrospective: 1912-1965, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2007
Alberto Magnelli, Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Palace of the Princes, Correggio, Italy (solo)
2001
Alberto Magnelli, Villa dei Cedri Museum, Bellinzona, Switzerland (solo)
2000
Alberto Magnelli, Würth Museum, Künzelsau, Germany (solo)
1998
Alberto Magnelli, Magnelli Museum , Vallauris, France (solo)
1989
Alberto Magnelli, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
1988
Alberto Magnelli, Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy (solo)
Alberto Magnelli, Papal Palace, Avignon, France (solo)
Alberto Magnelli, Museum of Modern Art, Saint Etienne, France (solo)
1983
Alberto Magnelli, Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium (solo)
1979
Alberto Magnelli, Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, Italy (solo)
1968
Alberto Magnelli, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France (solo)
1963
Alberto Magnelli, Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland; Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy (solo)
1960
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1955
Documenta II, Kassel, Germany
São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil (awarded first prize)
1954
Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
1953
São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil (awarded second prize)
1950
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1947
René Drouin Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
1945
Concrete Art, René Drouin Gallery, Paris, France
1939
Salon de Réalités Nouvelles, Charpentier Gallery, Paris, France
1937
Boyer Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Origins and Development of Independent International Art, Galeries du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
1935
The Rome Quadriennale, Rome, Italy
Galleria del Milione, Milan, Italy
1934
Galerie Pierre Loeb, Paris, France (solo)
1932
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1929
Pesaro Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
1921
Galleria Materassi, Florence, Italy (solo)
1909
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Public Collections

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France
Musée national des Beaux-Arts, Québec, Canada
Århus Kunstmuseum, Århus, Denmark
MAMAC Musée d´Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
GAM - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Rome, Italy
GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany
MAC/VAL, Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Musée d´Art Moderne et d`Art Contemporain Nice, Nice, France
Centre Georges Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France

Literature

2008
Alberto Magnelli - A Retrospective: 1912-1965. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2008 (catalogue)
1990
Magnelli, les collages. Paris, France: A. Maisonnier, Ed. Adam Biro, 1990
1986
A. Magnelli : ardoises et collages. Paris, France: Centre Pompidou, 1986 (catalogue)
1983
Abadie, Daniel. Alberto Magnelli. Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium: Christian Fayt Art Gallery, 1983 (catalogue)
1980
Magnelli : l’oeuvre gravé. Paris, France: A. Maisonnier, 1980
1975
Alberto Magnelli : l’oeuvre peinte. Paris, France: A. Maisonnier, 1975
English (US)

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