The Galleria d'arte moderna Aroldo Bonzagni is an Italian

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

, located in

Cento Cento (; Bolognese dialect, Northern Bolognese: ; Bolognese dialect, City Bolognese: ; Bolognese dialect, Centese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The name Cento is a reference to the centur ...

. It was founded in 1959 in memory of the local painter

Aroldo Bonzagni Aroldo Bonzagni (24 September 1887 – 30 December 1918) was a Painting, painter, draftsman, and illustrator born in Cento, Italy. He moved to Milan to attend the ''Accademia di Brera'' on a scholarship, joining the ranks of avant-garde artists ...

, who died in 1918 at only thirty years of age.

Collection

The museum collection is focused on a group of paintings by Bonzagni and a selection of works of Italian figurative painters of the twentieth century. Among the many artists represented are

Aldo Carpi Aldo Carpi (6 October 1886 – 27 March 1973) was an Italian artist, painter and writer, author of a collection of memoirs concerning his imprisonment in the infamous Mauthausen concentration camp. Biography Born in Milan, Italy, early in his y ...

, Achille Funi,

Raffaele De Grada Raffaele De Grada (2 March 1885 – 10 April 1957) was an Italian painter. Biography De Grada was born in Milan, Italy. Initially trained by his father, a decorator, in Argentina and then from 1899 in Zürich, he attended the academies of Dresd ...

, Filippo De Pisis,

Lucio Fontana Lucio Fontana (; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Italian Argentines, Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of Abstract art, abstract painting as the f ...

, Umberto Lilloni,

Giò Pomodoro Giò Pomodoro (; 17 November 1930 – 21 December 2002) was an Italian sculptor, printmaker, and stage designer. His brother is the sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. In 1954 he moved to Milan, where he associated with leading avant-garde artists and st ...

Aligi Sassu Aligi Sassu (17 July 1912 – 17 July 2000) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Biography Aligi Sassu was born in Milan, Lombardy, the son of Lina Pedretti (from Parma, Emilia) and Antonio Sassu (from Sassari, Sardinia). His father was one ...

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Mario Sironi Mario Sironi (May 12, 1885 – August 13, 1961) was an Italian Modernism, Modernist artist who was active as a painter, sculptor, illustrator, and designer. His typically somber paintings are characterized by massive, immobile forms. Biography ...

, Adriano Spilimbergo, Guido Tallone,

Renato Vernizzi Renato Vernizzi (1 July 1904 – 18 January 1972) was an Italian painter. Biography Vernizzi was born in Parma, Italy. He enrolled at the Parma Academy of Fine Arts in 1922. Having moved to Milan in 1927, he came into contact with the painting o ...

, and Adolfo Wildt.

References

{{Authority control Art museums and galleries in Emilia-Romagna Cento Contemporary art galleries in Italy Modern art museums in Italy Local museums in Italy