Gianfredo Camesi (born 24 March 1940) is a

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. Camesi moved to

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in 1960 where he started experimenting with painting and sculpture. Towards the end of the 1960s he started his association with the gallery of Renée Ziegler in Zurich and Jan Runnqvist from Galerie Bonnier in

. In 1973 he represented Switzerland at the 12th

São Paulo Art Biennial The São Paulo Art Biennial (Portuguese: ''Bienal de São Paulo'') was founded in 1951 and has been held every two years since. It is the second oldest art biennial in the world after the Venice Biennale (in existence since 1895), which serves as ...

with a series of 400 watercolours and 15 paintings. In 1975 he moved to

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before returning to Switzerland where he settled in his native

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

. Twenty-seven of his works are part of the collection of the

Museo d'Arte della Svizzera Italiana The Swiss–Italian Art Museum (), commonly known as MASI Lugano, MASILugano or MASI, is an art museum predominantly featuring 20th-century and contemporary art in Lugano, Switzerland. Since December 2019, the museum has two locations, one in the ...

(MASI) in

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.Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano: Gianfredo Camesi
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