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3434* ANTONIO BUENO(Berlin 1918 - 1984 Fiesole)
Marinaretto. 1973.
Oil on masonite.
Signed top right: A. Bueno.
40.5 x 30 cm.
We thank Mrs. Isabella Bueno for the con-
firmation and her kind support.
Provenance: Privately owned Switzerland.
Antonio Bueno was an Italian artist of
Spanish origins, who lived and worked
with Spanish, Italian, Swiss, German and
French cultural influences. His openness
to experiment was apparent in his lively
career as an artist: after a training in Post-
Impressionism at the École des Beaux-
Arts in Geneva and Paris, Antonio Bueno
became interested in the techniques of
the Flemish primitives and Surrealism.
His painting remained very realistic: he is
known primarily for his still lifes and por-
traits. In 1947 he founded the group „I Pit-
tori Moderni della Realtà“ (modern realist
painters), and met and worked with Giorgio
de Chirico. His painting in this period was
characterised by neo-figurative as well as
geometric motifs, and “Clay pipes” and
“Egg shells” are amongst his well-known
works. In the 1960s, Antonio Bueno foun-
ded “Gruppo 70”, a group of avant-garde
artists, musicians and poets in Florence,
and organised the first Italian exhibition
of monochromatic art. Highly committed
to the avant-garde, he left “Gruppo 70” in
1969, however, and described himself then
as a “neo-rearguardist”.
He gave himself over to figurative depic-
tions of small ladies and gentlemen, which
remained his perennial subject. “Béré-
nice” and “Marianetto” are two wonderful
examples of such work.
Alongside numerous museum exhibitions,
he participated several times in the Venice
Biennale. He received many honours,
including the Marzotto prize, twice, and the
Fiorino prize in Venice three times.
CHF 6 000 / 8 000
(€ 5 560 / 7 410)
3435* ANTONIO BUENO(Berlin 1918 - 1984 Fiesole)
Bérénice. 1973.
Oil on masonite.
Signed top right: A. Bueno.
40 x 30 cm.
We thank Mrs. Isabella Bueno for the con-
firmation and her kind support.
Provenance: Privately owned Switzerland.
CHF 6 000 / 8 000
(€ 5 560 / 7 410)