The easily legible formal components of Magnelli’s painting with its sharp surfaces and clean patches are generated by straight lines drawn with a ruler or by full curves traced with the “compass of [his] fingers.”

The core of Magnelli’s oeuvre hosts two opposing tendencies : the use of pure, violent colors which sometimes clash in the canvases of the early period, versus the later choice of soft monochromes and refined earth colors in a harmonic range that complements and enriches the basic tonality.

Excerpt for a preface by Anne Maisonnier-Lochard

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Born in 1888 in Florence, Italy, died in 1971 in Meudon

Latest main exhibitions

• 2001 Musée des Beaux Arts de Verviers, Belgique
• 2004 Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italie
• 2005 Museum Wurth, Kunzelsau, Allemagne
• 2006 Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italie
• 2007/2008 Capitainerie de la Grande Motte

Works in museums and public collections

• Palais Pitti, Florence, Italie
• Musée Magnelli, Vallauris, France
• Fondation Miro, Barcelone, Espagne
• Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finlande
• Museu de Arte Moderna Muril Mendes, Juiz de Fora, Brésil