Renato Bassoli
Metal Sculpture

RENATO BASSOLI (1915 -1982)

Patinated metal sculpture with anthropomorphic elements representing an allegorical scene arranged on two separate main elements.

Unique piece.

Italy, 1950.

Cm 175 x 105.5 x 20.

Renato Bassoli, born in Milan in 1915, trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, later perfecting his skills at the Scuola Superiore di Arte Applicata of Castello Sforzesco. His creativity sought an outlet through the different voices of art: from sculpture to graphics, from set design to the design of jewellery and furnishing elements, his stylistic style declined on different materials, capturing the endemic characteristics in each. The large production of works in ceramics, of which the 'Sassi' series is remembered, after the Second World War, was flanked by elements in metal, perhaps imagined during the master's stay in a prison camp in Germany. Here, the geometric figures of the new works are forged with cold iron while the anthropomorphic elements are made of natural materials such as ceramics, straw or rope.

The sculpture all features metal elements, perhaps underlining the non-earthly character of the figures that could represent two nativities.

Provenance: Milan, Atelier Renato Bassoli.