Vasco Bendini
{{Short description|Italian informalist painter (1922–2015)}}
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| birth_place = Bologna, Italy
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Vasco Bendini (27 February 1922 – 31 January 2015) was an Italian informalist painter.
Life and career
Born in Bologna, Bendini studied at the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts, under Giorgio Morandi and Virgilio Guidi.{{cite news|last=Massimo Mattioli|title=Morto a 93 anni Vasco Bendini, fra i maggiori pittori italiani del secondo Novecento|url=http://www.artribune.com/2015/01/morto-a-93-anni-vasco-bendini-fra-i-maggiori-pittori-italiani-del-secondo-novecento-un-allievo-di-morandi-poi-protagonista-dellinformale-allitaliana/|accessdate=31 January 2015|newspaper=Artribune|date=31 January 2015}} In 1956 he was invited to show his work at the 27th edition of the Venice Biennale. This was followed by two more participations, each time with a solo presentation of his work, in 1964 and 1972.
After a period close to informalism, especially to the "last naturalism" theorized by {{Interlanguage link|Francesco Arcangeli (art critic)|lt=Francesco Arcangeli|it|Francesco Arcangeli}}, Bendini expanded his visual language to other forms, including Neo-Dada, Arte Povera and conceptual phases. In the late 1970s he eventually re-embraced an Informalist style in his paintings.Carlo Pirovano (cured by). "Bendini, Vasco" in La pittura in Italia : Il Novecento : 1945-1990, vol. 2. Milano, Electa, 1993. {{ISBN|88-435-3982-5}}.
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.vascobendini.com/}}
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Category:Painters from Bologna
Category:20th-century Italian painters
Category:20th-century Italian male artists
Category:Italian male painters
Category:Italian contemporary artists
Category:21st-century Italian painters
Category:21st-century Italian male artists
Category:Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna alumni
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