Sei di Torino
The Sei di Torino were a group of painters trained in Felice Casorati's studio, who exhibited together between 1929 and 1931: Gigi Chessa, Carlo Levi, Francesco Menzio, Enrico Paulucci, Jessie Boswell and Nicola Galante.[1] They were supported by the critic Edoardo Persico, the art historian Lionello Venturi and the collector Riccardo Gualino.[1][2]
The exhibitions
The first exhibition was held in Turin in January 1929 at the Sala Guglielmi, with a poster reproducing Manet's «Olympia»; over three years the group held thirteen exhibitions between Turin, Genoa, Milan and Paris.[3] In November and December 1930 it exhibited at the Bloomsbury Gallery in London, and with the exhibition at the Jeune Europe gallery in Paris, in December 1931, the group's activity came to an end.[4]
The works
The GAM in Turin holds, among other works, «Aria» and «Il letto» by Carlo Levi, shown at the third exhibition of the Sei, in 1929.[5] The art historian Venturi saw in the group a modern, European alternative to the official artistic climate of the time, drawing on French Impressionism.[3][1]
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