Augusto Colombo (1902 in

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– 1969) was an Italian painter. After attending the school of arts and crafts run by the Società Umanitaria in

, Colombo enrolled at the

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for the evening classes taught by

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and then

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’s course of nude studies. He was awarded the Cesare Sarfatti Prize in 1924, which enabled him to spend the next two years in

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and

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. Having returned to Milan, he took part in the city’s exhibitions with portraits and large-scale compositions on social and religious subjects. The art school he opened in his studio in 1933 was to have over 800 pupils during its 36 years of operation. A militant antifascist, he depicted the horrors of war in a series of works during

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and subsequently played a leading role in Milan’s cultural life, founding the magazine Valori and promoting the activities of the Famiglia Meneghina organisation. The large-scale compositions on religious subjects were combined in later years with numerous cycles of decorative works.

Gallery

File:Artgate_Fondazione_Cariplo_-_Colombo_Augusto,_La_siesta.jpg, La siesta, 1924 File:Artgate_Fondazione_Cariplo_-_Colombo_Augusto,_Ritratto_del_conte_Stefano_Jacini.jpg, Ritratto del conte

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, 1953

References

* Laura Casone
Augusto Colombo
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