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Alfredo Zanellato

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Alfredo Zanellato (8 April 1931 – 5 May 2021) was an Italian painter.

Biography

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Zanellato studied drawing at the Art Institute of Adria. He held his first exhibition in 1957 in Mesola. Two years later, he set up a solo show in Ferrara, with his friend and mentor Mimì Quilici Buzzacchi.[1]

In 1962, he obtained a prestigious award for a competition announced by Columbia University. This fact allows the artist to exhibit not only in the most important American cities, but also in Paris, Moscow and Warsaw.[2]

Critics who appreciated his style include the numerous positive interventions written by Raffaele De Grada, Marcello Venturoli and Cesare Zavattini.[3]

His most famous subjects are chairs, objects that refer to the "stuffed and lost time" past.[4]

In 2018, Mesola organized an anthological exhibition at the castle of the same name to celebrate Zanellato's illustrious career. The painter donated a work as a gesture of thanks to the municipality.[5]

Zanellato died on May 5, 2021, at the age of 90.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Nei quadri di Zanellato luoghi dell'anima".
  2. ^ "Le sfumature del Delta".
  3. ^ "Nei quadri di Zanellato il fascino di un tempo".
  4. ^ "Le opere di Zanellato in mostra".
  5. ^ "Se ne va il pittore del Delta".
  6. ^ "Si è spento il pittore Zanellato".