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Bruno Caruso

Bruno Caruso (Italian: [ˈbruːno kaˈruːzo]; 8 August 1927 – 4 November 2018) was an Italian artist, graphic designer and writer. He spent much of his adult life working in Rome.

Bruno Caruso
Caruso painting at his studio in Rome, 2008
Born8 August 1927 (1927-08-08)
Palermo, Italy
Died4 November 2018 (2018-11-05) (aged 91)
Rome, Italy
Known forPainting, Etching, Graphic Design, Illustration and Writing
MovementItalian Neorealism, Social Realism
SpouseVivi Maggio
PartnerLidia Olivetti
AwardsGold Medal, Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art, Commander, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
ElectedAccademia di San Luca
Patron(s)Helena Rubenstein, Arthur Jeffress, Irene Brin
Websitebruno-caruso.com

Caruso's work focused on the moral, political and ethical flaws of the 20th Century. He fought against the influence of Sicilian Mafia in Italian politics, protested against the Vietnam War, campaigned against the use of straitjackets in psychiatric wards, and championed the rights of Sicilian farmers in their battle for land ownership in the aftermath of World War II.[1]

Over the course of his career, he created more than 25 collections of drawings, founded celebrated Sicilian cultural magazines, Sicilia and Ciclope, and illustrated works by Machiavelli, Kafka, Leonardo Sciascia, Giovanni Arpino and Giuseppe Ungaretti amongst many others.[2]

Caruso's work has ended up in the collections of notable 20th-century patrons of the arts, including Helena Rubenstein, Arthur Jeffress and Irene Brin.[3] In 1993 he was designated a 'commander' of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic,[4] and in 2001 he received the Gold Medal of Merit for Culture and Art from the president of Italy.[5] He was a member of the prestigious Accademia di San Luca.[6]

Life and works edit

Early life and education (1927–1948) edit

 
Il Cane/The Dog (1932) Ink Drawing textured with Needlepoint

Bruno Caruso was born in Palermo, on 8 August 1927, to Giuseppe Caruso and Maria Cucco.[7] As a child he learned to draw under the tutelage of his father, mainly copying the work of classical masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Pisanello and Andrea Mantegna.[8] His first collection of drawings was completed at age 5 (1931–32); a bestiary featuring 'Il Cane' (1932), a meticulously crafted drawing of a dog, textured by needlepoint (see image).

Caruso's early influences were the famous Orto botanico di Palermo and Monreale Cathedral, but as the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War and eventually World War II ignited, he turned his attention to depicting the horror and isolation of war. At age 19 he left Italy for the second time to visit Munich and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was profoundly affected by the work of Gustav Klimt and George Grosz.

Immediately after the end of World War II, Caruso signed up to study law at the University of Palermo. He earned a living by writing dissertations for exchange students, and claimed to have submitted over 100 successful papers during his time at the university.[9] Having completed his own law degree, he began a second degree in Classics, but dropped out following a dispute over the faculty's decision to award an honorary degree to a notorious (but unnamed) Sicilian-American celebrity.[10]

In 1948 Caruso took his first trip to Prague where, confronted by the Nazi atrocities of World War II, he completed his first official collection entitled "Deutschland über alles", after George Grosz.[11]

Artistic director, editor and graphic designer edit

In 1953 Caruso received a commission from the Sicilian Government to create Sicilia, a magazine series celebrating Sicilian art and culture. As Artistic Director, Caruso was charged with setting up one of the first modern printing presses in Sicily, and forging strong relationships with artists, intellectuals and photographers from around the world, including Richard Avedon, Herbert List and Brassai.[12] In 1974 the magazine created a special edition in honour of Caruso, featuring a bespoke cover and 117 of his drawings.[13]

The early success of Sicilia caught the eye of Irene Brin and Gaspero del Corso, founders of the Galleria dell'Obelisco in Rome, a famous hub for Italy's artistic elite. Caruso became the director of the gallery's publishing arm and struck up close friendships with poets De Liberto, Giuseppe Ungaretti and Leonardo Sinisgalli, and painters Ben Shahn, Fabrizio Clerici, Colombotto Rosso and Renzo Vespignani.[14]

He also published the first books on The Triumph of Death (Palermo), Italian sculptor Giacomo Serpotta and German photographer Wilhelm von Gloeden.[15]

Breakthrough (1952–1956) edit

Caruso's association with the Galleria dell'Obelisco led to his first major solo show in 1953, followed by his first monograph in 1954, curated by Leonardo Sinisgalli. The collection made Caruso's name internationally, featuring what Sinisgalli labelled "a tiny universe of jugglers, sleep-walkers, acrobats, time-wasters, street urchins and craftsmen darting around cheerfully like fish caught in the net of a tragic, silent and unstable world",[16]

He had his first solo show in London at the Arthur Jeffress Gallery in 1955, and saw his work appear in the collections of celebrated patrons of the arts across the United States like Helena Rubenstein, Larry Aldrich, Richard Avedon, Walter Bareiss, Eric Estorick, Joan Whitney Payson, Stanley J. Seeger and John Hay Whitney.[17]

Political drawings (1948–1973) edit

 
Reflection of Bruno Caruso photographing a guerilla fighter.

Back in Sicily, Caruso struck up a friendship with Girolamo Li Causi, leader of the Italian Communist Party, and began actively supporting the local peasant revolts. He completed a collection on the Portella della Ginestra massacre, and campaigned actively for the cultural emancipation of Sicily against the rise of the Mafia.[18] His fight against the endemic corruption in Italian politics climaxed in the 1970s when he was fighting three concurrent legal cases against Michele Sindona, Giovanni Gioia and Vito Ciancimino.[19]

Throughout the 1950s he worked at Palermo's Psychiatric Hospital (the Real Casa dei Matti di Palermo), producing a damning series of studies highlighting the use of medieval curing techniques and abject conditions in the wards, contributing to a major overhaul of the system.[20] He returned to this theme throughout his career in collections like Manicomio (1969) and La Real Casa dei Matti (1975).[21]

Over the following years Caruso travelled extensively to Iran, India, Thailand and Japan, studying Persian calligraphy and completing a series of drawings on dictatorships, famine, and the threat of nuclear warfare.[22] These drawings formed part of four collections; Il Pugno di ferro / The Iron Fist (1962); Pace in terra / Peace on Earth (1963); Totum procedit ex amore (1964); and La Tigre di carta / The Paper Tiger (1964).

He returned to the United States in the month of the Kennedy assassination, guest of Jack Levine, Tennessee Williams and Ben Shahn. On this trip he completed commissions for Time, Fortune and Life magazines and, inspired by a meeting with Malcolm X, began work on Americana (1968) in which he championed the Civil Rights Movement and stood against the Vietnam War.[23]

The fight against the Vietnam War became one of Caruso's most active political stands. He was invited to Hanoi by Phạm Văn Đồng, the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and edited four books in support of their plight, including Vietnam: Biographia e documenti sull'aggressione imperialistica contro il popolo Vietnamita (1972). In 1972 he illustrated the last testament of Ho Chi Minh.

Death (2018) edit

 
Bruno Caruso's last drawing (2018). Pencil on paper. Completed in his hospital bed shortly before his death.

Bruno Caruso died on 4 November 2018 at the Regina Margherita hospice in Rome. He was 91 years old. Days before his death his son, Roberto Caruso, gave him a pencil and paper and, despite having refused to work for almost two years, he completed one final drawing; a melted, disfigured face (see image).[24]

Leoluca Orlando, the Mayor of Palermo, paid tribute to Caruso's career saying;

"The death of Bruno Caruso marks the disappearance of one of the most sensitive and committed figures in the artistic and cultural panorama of our city. A man whose unmistakable style always highlighted social issues, and gave voice to those who needed it most, right up until the last."[25]

Museum collections edit

Honours edit

Key collections edit

No. Title Author Publisher Date Location Details
1Deutschland über alles (Germany Above All)Bruno CarusoWeiss Buch1949Prague12 drawings in black & white
2Dalla calligrafia alla memoria (From Calligraphy to Memory)Bruno CarusoOlivetti1959Ivrea38 drawings in black & white and colour
3Pugno di ferro (Fist of Steel)Bruno CarusoLeonardo da Vinci1962Bari69 drawings in black & white
4Pace in terra (Peace on Earth)Bruno CarusoLeonardo da Vinci1963Bari56 drawings in black & white. Cover by Ben Shahn
5Tigre di carta (Paper Tiger)Bruno CarusoLeonardo da Vinci1964Bari16 drawings in black & white
6Totum Procedit Ex-AmoreBruno CarusoEdizioni dell'Elefante1964Rome8 drawings in black & white
7La mano dell'uomo (The Hand of Man)Bruno CarusoEdizioni dell'Elefante1965Rome14 drawings in black & white
8AmericanaBruno CarusoSocieta Gestione Riviste Associate1968RomeFolder containing 8 drawings in black & white
9Manoscritto sulle meraviglie della natura (Manuscript on the Marvels of Nature)Bruno CarusoBestetti1968Rome35 plates in facsimile. Edition of 500 numbered & signed
10Manicomio (The Mental Asylum)Bruno CarusoEdizione della Colonna Infame1969Rome20 drawings in black & white. Edition of 100 with an original etching
11Repertorio Animalesco (Animalistic Repertoire)Bruno CarusoAlfani Editore1972Rome6 drawings in black & white and 24 colour panels and text by Elio Mercuri
12Disegni Siciliani di Bruno Caruso (Bruno Caruso's Sicilian Drawings)Bruno CarusoEdizione La Tavolozza1972Palermo37 drawings and text by Leonardo Sciascia
13La real casa dei matti (The Real Mental Asylum)Bruno CarusoDedalo Libri1975Bari46 colour drawings and an introduction by Franco Basaglia
14Bianco fiore (The White Flower)Bruno CarusoFederazione Comunista1975Palermo20 drawings in black & white
15Mitologia dell'Arte Moderna (The Mythology of Modern Art)Bruno CarusoFranca May Edizioni1977Rome117 drawings in colour

Key monographs edit

No. Title Author Publisher Date Location Details
1Bruno CarusoLeonardo SinisgalliGalleria dell'Obelisco1954Rome27 drawings in colour and black & white
2Dipinti e disegni (1952-1955) (Paintings and Drawings (1952-1955))Libero BigiarettiG.Priulla Editore1955Palermo24 drawings and 18 colour panels
3Opera grafica di Bruno Caruso (Bruno Caruso’s Graphic Work)Peppe FazioZangara1958Palermo15 drawings and 14 colour panels
4I mafiosi di Bruno Caruso (Bruno Caruso’s Mafiosi)Renata UsiglioSalvatore Sciascia Editore1963Caltanissetta - Rome9 drawings in black & white
5Opera grafica di Bruno Caruso (Bruno Caruso’s Graphic Work)Elio MercuriSalvatore Sciascia Editore1966Caltanissetta - Rome58 prints in black & white
6Disegni di Bruno Caruso (Drawings by Bruno Caruso)Leonardo SciasciaCarte Segrete1968Rome42 drawings in black & white
7Galleria Magazine Number 1-2Elio MercuriSalvatore Sciascia Editore1969Caltanissetta - RomeSpecial edition dedicated to Bruno Caruso
8Bruno Caruso: 100 disegni (Bruno Caruso: 100 Drawings)Franco SolmiEdizione Galleria 321969Milan100 drawings in black & white
9Disegni politici di Bruno Caruso (Bruno Caruso's Political Drawings)Roberto GiammancoDedalo Libri1973Bari106 drawings in colour and black & white
10Disegni di Bruno Caruso (Bruno Caruso's Drawings)Dario MicacchiAlfani Editore1974Rome122 drawings in colour and black & white
11Sicilia Magazine N.74Bruno CarusoS.F Flaccovio Editore1974PalermoSpecial edition dedicated to Bruno Caruso, with 117 drawings
12Caruso: Dipinti (Caruso: Paintings)Enzo BilardelloEdizioni 321975Rome103 drawings in colour and black & white
13Il Fiore Rosso, Disegni politici (The Red Flower: Political Drawings)Mario de MicheliMastrogiacomo Editore1975Padua117 drawings in black & white
14Bruno CarusoEnzo BilardelloS.F. Flaccovio Editore1986Palermo265 drawings in colour and black & white
15Bruno Caruso: I Libri (Bruno Caruso: The Books)Leonardo La RoccaEdizioni La Rocca2003Palermo100 drawings in colour and black & white

Exhibitions (1950–1965) edit

  • 1951 — Palermo, Galleria Zabara: Sicilian Painters
  • 1951 — Palermo, Giovane Sicilia: Contemporary Painters
  • 1952 — Palermo, La Serenella: Bruno Caruso
  • 1952 — Palermo, Galleria Arcobaleno: Bruno Caruso
  • 1954 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Joie de Vivre
  • 1954 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
  • 1954 — Venice, Venice Biennale
  • 1954 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: 5 Painters, 5 Sculptors, American Federation of Arts
  • 1954 — Cincinnati, Cincinnati Museum of Modern Art: Young Italian Painters
  • 1954 — Wakefield, Wakefield City Art Gallery: Contemporary Italian Art
  • 1955 — US Tour, 20 Imaginary Views of the American Scene by 20 Italian Artists
  • 1955 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Around the World
  • 1955 — London, Arthur Jeffress Gallery: Bruno Caruso
  • 1955 — Venice, Third Esso Prize
  • 1955 — Milan, Galleria del Sole: Paintings & Drawings by Bruno Caruso
  • 1955 — Rome, VII Rome Quadriennale
  • 1955 — Prato, 60 Masters for the Next 30 Years
  • 1955 — Minnesota, Weisman Art Museum: Contemporary Italian Art
  • 1955 — Sydney, L'Obelisco of Rome at David Jones
  • 1956 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
  • 1956 — Zürich, Galerie H.U. Gasser: Bruno Caruso
  • 1956 — London, Tate Gallery: Modern Italian Art
  • 1956 — Turin, Galleria la Bussola: Bruno Caruso
  • 1956 — Venice, Galleria del Cavallino: Bruno Caruso
  • 1957 — Rome, Galleria d'Arte Moderna: In support of Exiled Hungarian Artists
  • 1958 — Palermo, Galleria Flaccovio: Bruno Caruso
  • 1958 — Milan, La Permanente: Young Italian Artists
  • 1958 — London, Arthur Jeffress Gallery: Bruno Caruso
  • 1958 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
  • 1958 — Berlin, Akademie Der Kunst: Italienische Kunst Am XX Jahrhundert
  • 1958 — Paris, Galerie d'Art Moderne: Paris Biennale
  • 1959 — Lima, Pintura Italiana
  • 1959 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso
  • 1959 — San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art: Italy Three Directions
  • 1959 — Pisa, Contemporary Italian Graphic Work
  • 1959 — Paris, Galerie Rive Gauche: Bruno Caruso
  • 1959 — Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum: 20th Century Art of Italy
  • 1960 — Parma, Galleria del Teatro: Bruno Caruso
  • 1960 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Bruno Caruso, New York Drawings
  • 1961 — Rome, Galleria Chiurazzi: 7 works by Bruno Caruso
  • 1961 — São Paulo, Galleria Sistina: Bruno Caruso
  • 1961 — Modena, Sala Comunale: Bruno Caruso
  • 1961 — Genoa, Galleria San Matteo: Bruno Caruso
  • 1961 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: The Sculptures of Bruno Caruso
  • 1961 — Rome, Galleria Il Torcoliere: Bruno Caruso, Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs
  • 1961 — Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco: Against Nazism
  • 1961 — Naples, Galleria Il Centro: Bruno Caruso
  • 1961 — Milan, Galleria la Colonna: Bruno Caruso
  • 1962 — Rome, Libreria al Ferro di Cavallo: Bruno Caruso, Pugno di Ferro
  • 1962 — Bologna, Galleria Bianco e Nero: Bruno Caruso
  • 1962 — Milan, Galleria Hoepli: Don't Forget
  • 1962 — New York, ACA Gallery: Italian Art Today
  • 1963 — Tokyo, Institute of Culture: Bruno Caruso and Franco Gentilini
  • 1963 — Rome, Galleria Don Chiscotte: Bruno Caruso
  • 1963 — Milan, Galleria Gianferrari: Bruno Caruso
  • 1963 — Bari, Galleria La Panchetta: Bruno Caruso
  • 1963 — New York, D'Arcy Gallery: Italian Drawing Today
  • 1963 — Alexandria, V Biennale of the Mediterranean
  • 1963 — Hamburg, Copenhagen: Junge Italienische Malerei
  • 1963 — Rome, Galleria Don Chiscotte: Masters of Italian Painting
  • 1963 — Rome, Galleria Sistina: Inauguration of 1963/64 Program
  • 1964 — Palermo, Arte al Borgo: Bruno Caruso
  • 1964 — Ferrara, Galleria Bigoni: Bruno Caruso
  • 1964 — Rome, ACA Gallery: Bruno Caruso
  • 1964 — Rome, Galleria Il Fante di Spade: New Italian Drawings
  • 1964 — Milan, Galleria 32: Caruso, Guttuso, Porzano
  • 1964 — Padua, Galleria Interni: Bruno Caruso
  • 1964 — Moscow, Exhibition of 6 Graphic Artists
  • 1964 — Rome, Galleria Penelope: Anthology of Drawings and Etchings
  • 1965 — Rome, Galleria Bianco e Nero: Bruno Caruso
  • 1965 — Milan, Galleria 32: Bruno Caruso
  • 1965 — Turin, Galleria l'Approdo: Paintings of Bruno Caruso
  • 1965 — Bari, Galleria la Panchetta: Graphic work of Bruno Caruso
  • 1965 — Caltanissetta, Graphic work of Bruno Caruso
  • 1965 — Rome, Palazzo delle Espozizioni: Quadriennale d'Arte
  • 1965 — Rome, ANPPIA: Anti-fascism and Resistance
  • 1965 — Milan, La Permanente: Biennale di Milano
  • 1965 — Florence, Palazzo Strozzi: XVII National Exhibition, Fiorino Award
  • 1965 — Parma, The Scalarini National Award for Political Drawings

References edit

  1. ^ https://bruno-caruso.com/about%7CBruno[permanent dead link] Caruso - Official Website
  2. ^ Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945-1995. Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 58.
  3. ^ Leonardo Sinisgalli (1954). Bruno Caruso. Rome: Edizioni dell'Obelisco. p. 6.
  4. ^ "BRUNO CARUSO | Accademici | Accademia di San Luca".
  5. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana".
  6. ^ "BRUNO CARUSO | Accademici | Accademia di San Luca".
  7. ^ Bruno Caruso, I Libri. Palermo: Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 76.
  8. ^ Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945-1995. Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 58.
  9. ^ Bruno Caruso, I Libri. Palermo: Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 77.
  10. ^ Bruno Caruso, I Libri. Palermo: Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 77.
  11. ^ Enzo Bilardello (1975). Caruso. Rome: Edizioni 32. p. 65.
  12. ^ Bruno Caruso, I Libri. Palermo: Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 77.
  13. ^ Sicilia N.74 special edition dedicated to Bruno Caruso. Palermo: S.F Flaccovio. 1974.
  14. ^ Bruno Caruso, I Libri. Palermo: Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 77.
  15. ^ Bruno Caruso, I Libri. Palermo: Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 77.
  16. ^ Leonardo Sinisgalli (1954). Bruno Caruso. Rome: Edizioni dell'Obelisco. p. 6.
  17. ^ Leonardo Sinisgalli (1954). Bruno Caruso. Rome: Edizioni dell'Obelisco. p. 12.
  18. ^ Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945-1995. Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 58.
  19. ^ Bruno Caruso I Libri. Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 78.
  20. ^ . Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  21. ^ Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945-1995. Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 58.
  22. ^ Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945-1995. Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 58.
  23. ^ Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945-1995. Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza. 1995. p. 58.
  24. ^ "Official Website"
  25. ^ "Palermo, addio a Bruno Caruso, il pittore dei ficus e dei matti"
  26. ^ "Benemerenze e Premi - ladante.it".
  27. ^ "BRUNO CARUSO | Accademici | Accademia di San Luca".
  28. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana".
  29. ^ "Bruno Caruso".
  30. ^ "L'Amministrazione Comunale indice una commemorazione pubblica per il Maestro Bruno Caruso". 7 November 2018.
  31. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana".
  32. ^ "BRUNO CARUSO | Accademici | Accademia di San Luca".
  33. ^ "BRUNO CARUSO | Accademici | Accademia di San Luca".

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Bruno Caruso Italian ˈbruːno kaˈruːzo 8 August 1927 4 November 2018 was an Italian artist graphic designer and writer He spent much of his adult life working in Rome Bruno CarusoCaruso painting at his studio in Rome 2008Born8 August 1927 1927 08 08 Palermo ItalyDied4 November 2018 2018 11 05 aged 91 Rome ItalyKnown forPainting Etching Graphic Design Illustration and WritingMovementItalian Neorealism Social RealismSpouseVivi MaggioPartnerLidia OlivettiAwardsGold Medal Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art Commander Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicElectedAccademia di San LucaPatron s Helena Rubenstein Arthur Jeffress Irene BrinWebsitebruno caruso wbr comWikimedia Commons has media related to Bruno Caruso Caruso s work focused on the moral political and ethical flaws of the 20th Century He fought against the influence of Sicilian Mafia in Italian politics protested against the Vietnam War campaigned against the use of straitjackets in psychiatric wards and championed the rights of Sicilian farmers in their battle for land ownership in the aftermath of World War II 1 Over the course of his career he created more than 25 collections of drawings founded celebrated Sicilian cultural magazines Sicilia and Ciclope and illustrated works by Machiavelli Kafka Leonardo Sciascia Giovanni Arpino and Giuseppe Ungaretti amongst many others 2 Caruso s work has ended up in the collections of notable 20th century patrons of the arts including Helena Rubenstein Arthur Jeffress and Irene Brin 3 In 1993 he was designated a commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 4 and in 2001 he received the Gold Medal of Merit for Culture and Art from the president of Italy 5 He was a member of the prestigious Accademia di San Luca 6 Contents 1 Life and works 1 1 Early life and education 1927 1948 1 2 Artistic director editor and graphic designer 1 3 Breakthrough 1952 1956 1 4 Political drawings 1948 1973 1 5 Death 2018 2 Museum collections 3 Honours 4 Key collections 5 Key monographs 6 Exhibitions 1950 1965 7 ReferencesLife and works editEarly life and education 1927 1948 edit nbsp Il Cane The Dog 1932 Ink Drawing textured with NeedlepointBruno Caruso was born in Palermo on 8 August 1927 to Giuseppe Caruso and Maria Cucco 7 As a child he learned to draw under the tutelage of his father mainly copying the work of classical masters like Leonardo da Vinci Pisanello and Andrea Mantegna 8 His first collection of drawings was completed at age 5 1931 32 a bestiary featuring Il Cane 1932 a meticulously crafted drawing of a dog textured by needlepoint see image Caruso s early influences were the famous Orto botanico di Palermo and Monreale Cathedral but as the Second Italo Ethiopian War Spanish Civil War and eventually World War II ignited he turned his attention to depicting the horror and isolation of war At age 19 he left Italy for the second time to visit Munich and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna where he was profoundly affected by the work of Gustav Klimt and George Grosz Immediately after the end of World War II Caruso signed up to study law at the University of Palermo He earned a living by writing dissertations for exchange students and claimed to have submitted over 100 successful papers during his time at the university 9 Having completed his own law degree he began a second degree in Classics but dropped out following a dispute over the faculty s decision to award an honorary degree to a notorious but unnamed Sicilian American celebrity 10 In 1948 Caruso took his first trip to Prague where confronted by the Nazi atrocities of World War II he completed his first official collection entitled Deutschland uber alles after George Grosz 11 Artistic director editor and graphic designer edit In 1953 Caruso received a commission from the Sicilian Government to create Sicilia a magazine series celebrating Sicilian art and culture As Artistic Director Caruso was charged with setting up one of the first modern printing presses in Sicily and forging strong relationships with artists intellectuals and photographers from around the world including Richard Avedon Herbert List and Brassai 12 In 1974 the magazine created a special edition in honour of Caruso featuring a bespoke cover and 117 of his drawings 13 The early success of Sicilia caught the eye of Irene Brin and Gaspero del Corso founders of the Galleria dell Obelisco in Rome a famous hub for Italy s artistic elite Caruso became the director of the gallery s publishing arm and struck up close friendships with poets De Liberto Giuseppe Ungaretti and Leonardo Sinisgalli and painters Ben Shahn Fabrizio Clerici Colombotto Rosso and Renzo Vespignani 14 He also published the first books on The Triumph of Death Palermo Italian sculptor Giacomo Serpotta and German photographer Wilhelm von Gloeden 15 Breakthrough 1952 1956 edit Caruso s association with the Galleria dell Obelisco led to his first major solo show in 1953 followed by his first monograph in 1954 curated by Leonardo Sinisgalli The collection made Caruso s name internationally featuring what Sinisgalli labelled a tiny universe of jugglers sleep walkers acrobats time wasters street urchins and craftsmen darting around cheerfully like fish caught in the net of a tragic silent and unstable world 16 He had his first solo show in London at the Arthur Jeffress Gallery in 1955 and saw his work appear in the collections of celebrated patrons of the arts across the United States like Helena Rubenstein Larry Aldrich Richard Avedon Walter Bareiss Eric Estorick Joan Whitney Payson Stanley J Seeger and John Hay Whitney 17 nbsp Uomo Arrampicato Climbing Man 1955 Oil 90x90 nbsp Suonatori ambulanti Wandering Musicians 1953 Oil 60x50 Nathan Cummings Collection Chicago nbsp Gelataio Ice Cream Seller 1953 Oil 60x50 Formerly in the Helena Rubenstein Collection New York nbsp Uomo sdraiato Man Lying Down 1952 Ink Drawing Formerly in the Olivetti Collection Rome nbsp Giornalaio The News Stand 1952 Ink Drawing Formerly in the Renato Giani Collection Rome nbsp Deposito Wood Deposit 1952 Ink Drawing Private Collection BaltimorePolitical drawings 1948 1973 edit nbsp Reflection of Bruno Caruso photographing a guerilla fighter Back in Sicily Caruso struck up a friendship with Girolamo Li Causi leader of the Italian Communist Party and began actively supporting the local peasant revolts He completed a collection on the Portella della Ginestra massacre and campaigned actively for the cultural emancipation of Sicily against the rise of the Mafia 18 His fight against the endemic corruption in Italian politics climaxed in the 1970s when he was fighting three concurrent legal cases against Michele Sindona Giovanni Gioia and Vito Ciancimino 19 Throughout the 1950s he worked at Palermo s Psychiatric Hospital the Real Casa dei Matti di Palermo producing a damning series of studies highlighting the use of medieval curing techniques and abject conditions in the wards contributing to a major overhaul of the system 20 He returned to this theme throughout his career in collections like Manicomio 1969 and La Real Casa dei Matti 1975 21 Over the following years Caruso travelled extensively to Iran India Thailand and Japan studying Persian calligraphy and completing a series of drawings on dictatorships famine and the threat of nuclear warfare 22 These drawings formed part of four collections Il Pugno di ferro The Iron Fist 1962 Pace in terra Peace on Earth 1963 Totum procedit ex amore 1964 and La Tigre di carta The Paper Tiger 1964 He returned to the United States in the month of the Kennedy assassination guest of Jack Levine Tennessee Williams and Ben Shahn On this trip he completed commissions for Time Fortune and Life magazines and inspired by a meeting with Malcolm X began work on Americana 1968 in which he championed the Civil Rights Movement and stood against the Vietnam War 23 The fight against the Vietnam War became one of Caruso s most active political stands He was invited to Hanoi by Phạm Văn Đồng the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and edited four books in support of their plight including Vietnam Biographia e documenti sull aggressione imperialistica contro il popolo Vietnamita 1972 In 1972 he illustrated the last testament of Ho Chi Minh nbsp Malcolm 1959 Ink Drawing for Americana nbsp La corsa pazza The Lunatic Run 1954 Ink and watercolour nbsp Eichmann 1954 Ink Drawing for Pace in terra nbsp Rivolta Revolt 1961 Ink Drawing 63x50 nbsp Ammazziamo chi ci pare e piace We Kill Whoever we Please 1963 Ink Drawing for Pace in terra nbsp Il complesso di colpa The Guilt Complex 1964 Ink Drawing for Franz Kafka s The Penal Colony Death 2018 edit nbsp Bruno Caruso s last drawing 2018 Pencil on paper Completed in his hospital bed shortly before his death Bruno Caruso died on 4 November 2018 at the Regina Margherita hospice in Rome He was 91 years old Days before his death his son Roberto Caruso gave him a pencil and paper and despite having refused to work for almost two years he completed one final drawing a melted disfigured face see image 24 Leoluca Orlando the Mayor of Palermo paid tribute to Caruso s career saying The death of Bruno Caruso marks the disappearance of one of the most sensitive and committed figures in the artistic and cultural panorama of our city A man whose unmistakable style always highlighted social issues and gave voice to those who needed it most right up until the last 25 Museum collections editBruno Caruso at the Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna Bruno Caruso at the Walker Art Center Bruno Caruso at the Saint Louis Art Museum Bruno Caruso at the National Gallery of Victoria Bruno Caruso at the Detroit Institute of Arts Bruno Caruso at the Brooklyn Museum Bruno Caruso at the WLD Foundation Portrait by Sanford H Roth at the Art Institute of Chicago Portrait by Sanford H Roth at the Los Angeles County Museum of ArtHonours editGold Medal Diploma of Merit Dante Alighieri Society Rome 2009 26 Premio Archimede Archimedes Prize Palermo 2003 Honouring the most important Sicilians from around the world 27 Gold Medal Italian Medal of Merit for Culture and Art Rome 21 February 2001 An academic of San Luca a renowned graphic artist and painter Caruso was a master interpreter of society s ethics and contradictions 28 Honorary Citizenship City of Naro Naro 2000 The award of the honorary citizenship of Naro is based on Bruno Caruso s moral and artistic character 29 Honorary Citizenship Community of Castelbuono Castelbuono 1997 30 Commendatore Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Rome 1993 31 Academic of San Luca Accademia di San Luca Rome 1993 32 Honorary Degree in Letters and Philosophy University of Palermo Palermo 1986 33 Key collections editNo Title Author Publisher Date Location Details1Deutschland uber alles Germany Above All Bruno CarusoWeiss Buch1949Prague12 drawings in black amp white2Dalla calligrafia alla memoria From Calligraphy to Memory Bruno CarusoOlivetti1959Ivrea38 drawings in black amp white and colour3Pugno di ferro Fist of Steel Bruno CarusoLeonardo da Vinci1962Bari69 drawings in black amp white4Pace in terra Peace on Earth Bruno CarusoLeonardo da Vinci1963Bari56 drawings in black amp white Cover by Ben Shahn5Tigre di carta Paper Tiger Bruno CarusoLeonardo da Vinci1964Bari16 drawings in black amp white6Totum Procedit Ex AmoreBruno CarusoEdizioni dell Elefante1964Rome8 drawings in black amp white7La mano dell uomo The Hand of Man Bruno CarusoEdizioni dell Elefante1965Rome14 drawings in black amp white8AmericanaBruno CarusoSocieta Gestione Riviste Associate1968RomeFolder containing 8 drawings in black amp white9Manoscritto sulle meraviglie della natura Manuscript on the Marvels of Nature Bruno CarusoBestetti1968Rome35 plates in facsimile Edition of 500 numbered amp signed10Manicomio The Mental Asylum Bruno CarusoEdizione della Colonna Infame1969Rome20 drawings in black amp white Edition of 100 with an original etching11Repertorio Animalesco Animalistic Repertoire Bruno CarusoAlfani Editore1972Rome6 drawings in black amp white and 24 colour panels and text by Elio Mercuri12Disegni Siciliani di Bruno Caruso Bruno Caruso s Sicilian Drawings Bruno CarusoEdizione La Tavolozza1972Palermo37 drawings and text by Leonardo Sciascia13La real casa dei matti The Real Mental Asylum Bruno CarusoDedalo Libri1975Bari46 colour drawings and an introduction by Franco Basaglia14Bianco fiore The White Flower Bruno CarusoFederazione Comunista1975Palermo20 drawings in black amp white15Mitologia dell Arte Moderna The Mythology of Modern Art Bruno CarusoFranca May Edizioni1977Rome117 drawings in colourKey monographs editNo Title Author Publisher Date Location Details1Bruno CarusoLeonardo SinisgalliGalleria dell Obelisco1954Rome27 drawings in colour and black amp white2Dipinti e disegni 1952 1955 Paintings and Drawings 1952 1955 Libero BigiarettiG Priulla Editore1955Palermo24 drawings and 18 colour panels3Opera grafica di Bruno Caruso Bruno Caruso s Graphic Work Peppe FazioZangara1958Palermo15 drawings and 14 colour panels4I mafiosi di Bruno Caruso Bruno Caruso s Mafiosi Renata UsiglioSalvatore Sciascia Editore1963Caltanissetta Rome9 drawings in black amp white5Opera grafica di Bruno Caruso Bruno Caruso s Graphic Work Elio MercuriSalvatore Sciascia Editore1966Caltanissetta Rome58 prints in black amp white6Disegni di Bruno Caruso Drawings by Bruno Caruso Leonardo SciasciaCarte Segrete1968Rome42 drawings in black amp white7Galleria Magazine Number 1 2Elio MercuriSalvatore Sciascia Editore1969Caltanissetta RomeSpecial edition dedicated to Bruno Caruso8Bruno Caruso 100 disegni Bruno Caruso 100 Drawings Franco SolmiEdizione Galleria 321969Milan100 drawings in black amp white9Disegni politici di Bruno Caruso Bruno Caruso s Political Drawings Roberto GiammancoDedalo Libri1973Bari106 drawings in colour and black amp white10Disegni di Bruno Caruso Bruno Caruso s Drawings Dario MicacchiAlfani Editore1974Rome122 drawings in colour and black amp white11Sicilia Magazine N 74Bruno CarusoS F Flaccovio Editore1974PalermoSpecial edition dedicated to Bruno Caruso with 117 drawings12Caruso Dipinti Caruso Paintings Enzo BilardelloEdizioni 321975Rome103 drawings in colour and black amp white13Il Fiore Rosso Disegni politici The Red Flower Political Drawings Mario de MicheliMastrogiacomo Editore1975Padua117 drawings in black amp white14Bruno CarusoEnzo BilardelloS F Flaccovio Editore1986Palermo265 drawings in colour and black amp white15Bruno Caruso I Libri Bruno Caruso The Books Leonardo La RoccaEdizioni La Rocca2003Palermo100 drawings in colour and black amp whiteExhibitions 1950 1965 edit1951 Palermo Galleria Zabara Sicilian Painters 1951 Palermo Giovane Sicilia Contemporary Painters 1952 Palermo La Serenella Bruno Caruso 1952 Palermo Galleria Arcobaleno Bruno Caruso 1954 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Joie de Vivre 1954 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Bruno Caruso 1954 Venice Venice Biennale 1954 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco 5 Painters 5 Sculptors American Federation of Arts 1954 Cincinnati Cincinnati Museum of Modern Art Young Italian Painters 1954 Wakefield Wakefield City Art Gallery Contemporary Italian Art 1955 US Tour 20 Imaginary Views of the American Scene by 20 Italian Artists 1955 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Around the World 1955 London Arthur Jeffress Gallery Bruno Caruso 1955 Venice Third Esso Prize 1955 Milan Galleria del Sole Paintings amp Drawings by Bruno Caruso 1955 Rome VII Rome Quadriennale 1955 Prato 60 Masters for the Next 30 Years 1955 Minnesota Weisman Art Museum Contemporary Italian Art 1955 Sydney L Obelisco of Rome at David Jones 1956 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Bruno Caruso 1956 Zurich Galerie H U Gasser Bruno Caruso 1956 London Tate Gallery Modern Italian Art 1956 Turin Galleria la Bussola Bruno Caruso 1956 Venice Galleria del Cavallino Bruno Caruso 1957 Rome Galleria d Arte Moderna In support of Exiled Hungarian Artists 1958 Palermo Galleria Flaccovio Bruno Caruso 1958 Milan La Permanente Young Italian Artists 1958 London Arthur Jeffress Gallery Bruno Caruso 1958 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Bruno Caruso 1958 Berlin Akademie Der Kunst Italienische Kunst Am XX Jahrhundert 1958 Paris Galerie d Art Moderne Paris Biennale 1959 Lima Pintura Italiana 1959 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Bruno Caruso 1959 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Italy Three Directions 1959 Pisa Contemporary Italian Graphic Work 1959 Paris Galerie Rive Gauche Bruno Caruso 1959 Pasadena Pasadena Art Museum 20th Century Art of Italy 1960 Parma Galleria del Teatro Bruno Caruso 1960 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Bruno Caruso New York Drawings 1961 Rome Galleria Chiurazzi 7 works by Bruno Caruso 1961 Sao Paulo Galleria Sistina Bruno Caruso 1961 Modena Sala Comunale Bruno Caruso 1961 Genoa Galleria San Matteo Bruno Caruso 1961 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco The Sculptures of Bruno Caruso 1961 Rome Galleria Il Torcoliere Bruno Caruso Drawings Etchings Lithographs 1961 Rome Galleria dell Obelisco Against Nazism 1961 Naples Galleria Il Centro Bruno Caruso 1961 Milan Galleria la Colonna Bruno Caruso 1962 Rome Libreria al Ferro di Cavallo Bruno Caruso Pugno di Ferro 1962 Bologna Galleria Bianco e Nero Bruno Caruso 1962 Milan Galleria Hoepli Don t Forget 1962 New York ACA Gallery Italian Art Today 1963 Tokyo Institute of Culture Bruno Caruso and Franco Gentilini 1963 Rome Galleria Don Chiscotte Bruno Caruso 1963 Milan Galleria Gianferrari Bruno Caruso 1963 Bari Galleria La Panchetta Bruno Caruso 1963 New York D Arcy Gallery Italian Drawing Today 1963 Alexandria V Biennale of the Mediterranean 1963 Hamburg Copenhagen Junge Italienische Malerei 1963 Rome Galleria Don Chiscotte Masters of Italian Painting 1963 Rome Galleria Sistina Inauguration of 1963 64 Program 1964 Palermo Arte al Borgo Bruno Caruso 1964 Ferrara Galleria Bigoni Bruno Caruso 1964 Rome ACA Gallery Bruno Caruso 1964 Rome Galleria Il Fante di Spade New Italian Drawings 1964 Milan Galleria 32 Caruso Guttuso Porzano 1964 Padua Galleria Interni Bruno Caruso 1964 Moscow Exhibition of 6 Graphic Artists 1964 Rome Galleria Penelope Anthology of Drawings and Etchings 1965 Rome Galleria Bianco e Nero Bruno Caruso 1965 Milan Galleria 32 Bruno Caruso 1965 Turin Galleria l Approdo Paintings of Bruno Caruso 1965 Bari Galleria la Panchetta Graphic work of Bruno Caruso 1965 Caltanissetta Graphic work of Bruno Caruso 1965 Rome Palazzo delle Espozizioni Quadriennale d Arte 1965 Rome ANPPIA Anti fascism and Resistance 1965 Milan La Permanente Biennale di Milano 1965 Florence Palazzo Strozzi XVII National Exhibition Fiorino Award 1965 Parma The Scalarini National Award for Political DrawingsReferences edit https bruno caruso com about 7CBruno permanent dead link Caruso Official Website Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945 1995 Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 58 Leonardo Sinisgalli 1954 Bruno Caruso Rome Edizioni dell Obelisco p 6 BRUNO CARUSO Accademici Accademia di San Luca Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana BRUNO CARUSO Accademici Accademia di San Luca Bruno Caruso I Libri Palermo Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 76 Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945 1995 Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 58 Bruno Caruso I Libri Palermo Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 77 Bruno Caruso I Libri Palermo Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 77 Enzo Bilardello 1975 Caruso Rome Edizioni 32 p 65 Bruno Caruso I Libri Palermo Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 77 Sicilia N 74 special edition dedicated to Bruno Caruso Palermo S F Flaccovio 1974 Bruno Caruso I Libri Palermo Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 77 Bruno Caruso I Libri Palermo Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 77 Leonardo Sinisgalli 1954 Bruno Caruso Rome Edizioni dell Obelisco p 6 Leonardo Sinisgalli 1954 Bruno Caruso Rome Edizioni dell Obelisco p 12 Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945 1995 Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 58 Bruno Caruso I Libri Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 78 Website Archived from the original on 2019 04 28 Retrieved 2019 04 30 Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945 1995 Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 58 Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945 1995 Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 58 Bruno Caruso Antologia di disegni 1945 1995 Edizioni Nuova Tavolozza 1995 p 58 Official Website Palermo addio a Bruno Caruso il pittore dei ficus e dei matti Benemerenze e Premi ladante it BRUNO CARUSO Accademici Accademia di San Luca Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana Bruno Caruso L Amministrazione Comunale indice una commemorazione pubblica per il Maestro Bruno Caruso 7 November 2018 Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana BRUNO CARUSO Accademici Accademia di San Luca BRUNO CARUSO Accademici Accademia di San Luca Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bruno Caruso amp oldid 1205870904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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