Giuseppe Ajmone (1923 – 2005) was a modern Italian painter.

Biography

Ajmone was born in

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, and moved to Milan to study at the Brera Academy in 1941, under

Achille Funi Achille Funi (26 February 1890 – 26 July 1972) was an Italian painter who painted in a neoclassical style. Biography Funi was born in Ferrara. He studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1910 and joined the Nuove Tendenze movemen ...

and

Carlo Carrà Carlo Carrà (; February 11, 1881 – April 13, 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number ...

. In 1946, he signed on to a Manifesto del Realismo under the pseudonym of ''Oltre Guernica''. He participated at an exhibition at the Galleria Bergamini of Milan and received an award at the ''First National Exhibition of Painting'' at Bellagio. In 1950, he participated at the 25th International exhibition at the Biennale of Venice. In 1951, he was awarded the ''Premio Senatore Borletti'' for young Italian painters. He often exhibited abroad, including at the Biennale di San Paolo del Brasile in 1951 and 1959; in 1959 to the Biennale Internazionale di Tokyo; in 1955 and 1958, he exhibited at the Pittsburgh International Museum of Art; and as well as at Copenhagen, Dortmund, Nuremberg, and Buenos Aires. He continued to exhibit until the 2004. He painted both landscapes and semi-abstract figures. In 1945 he founded a journal in Novara titled "Numero", which moved to Milan with the name "Numero - Pittura" (later "Pittura").Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Dino Formaggio
Teolo: biography.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ajmone Giuseppe 1923 births 2005 deaths Brera Academy alumni 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 21st-century Italian painters People from the Province of Novara Painters from Milan Italian landscape painters 20th-century Italian male artists 21st-century Italian male artists Compasso d'Oro Award recipients