Santoro was released in 1944 and returned to his native town working as a municipal employee and then as an owner of a small woodworking shop. In 1964, due to financial difficulties, he moved to Switzerland with his wife, finding employment as a laborer at the chocolate factory "Camille Bloch" in Courtelary.
His passion for art began in 1979, representing a painting of the factory; then he came to sculpture. His works are mostly wooden sculptures depicting human and animal figures. Among his works are worth mentioning Mary Magdalene (1984) and The Egyptienne (1989). The first exhibition of his sculptures was held in 1986 at the "Espace Noir" of Saint-Imier, chaired by Maurice Born.
Eugenio Santoro - Grinning horse
Three years later, Born presented him to Michel Thévoz, curator of the Collection de l'art brut in Lausanne, who organized a permanent exhibition of his works. In 2004, a second exhibition was organized in the same place. Santoro died at Courtelary in 2006.
BibliographyEdit
Lucienne Peiry, Art brut: the origins of outsider art, Flammarion, 2001
Michel Thévoz, Collection de l'art brut, Lausanne, Institut suisse pour l'étude de l'art, 2001
eugenio, santoro, august, 1920, 2006, italian, born, swiss, outsider, artist, bird, made, from, twigs, branchesborn, 1920, august, 1920castelmezzano, italydied13, 2006, 2006, aged, courtelary, switzerlandnationalityswissknown, forsculpture, painting, contents,. Eugenio Santoro 27 August 1920 13 May 2006 was an Italian born Swiss outsider artist Eugenio SantoroEugenio Santoro s bird made from twigs and branchesBorn 1920 08 27 27 August 1920Castelmezzano ItalyDied13 May 2006 2006 05 13 aged 85 Courtelary SwitzerlandNationalitySwissKnown forSculpture Painting Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 See also 4 External linksBiography EditBorn at Castelmezzano in the province of Potenza Basilicata he started as a carpenter but he had to quit his job going to the front during World War II He fought in Albania and Greece but got arrested and deported to Germany where he was sentenced to hard labor in the Rhineland for two years Santoro was released in 1944 and returned to his native town working as a municipal employee and then as an owner of a small woodworking shop In 1964 due to financial difficulties he moved to Switzerland with his wife finding employment as a laborer at the chocolate factory Camille Bloch in Courtelary His passion for art began in 1979 representing a painting of the factory then he came to sculpture His works are mostly wooden sculptures depicting human and animal figures Among his works are worth mentioning Mary Magdalene 1984 and The Egyptienne 1989 The first exhibition of his sculptures was held in 1986 at the Espace Noir of Saint Imier chaired by Maurice Born nbsp Eugenio Santoro Grinning horseThree years later Born presented him to Michel Thevoz curator of the Collection de l art brut in Lausanne who organized a permanent exhibition of his works In 2004 a second exhibition was organized in the same place Santoro died at Courtelary in 2006 Bibliography EditLucienne Peiry Art brut the origins of outsider art Flammarion 2001 Michel Thevoz Collection de l art brut Lausanne Institut suisse pour l etude de l art 2001See also EditList of Outsider artistsExternal links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eugenio Santoro Biography of Eugenio Santoro nbsp This article about an Italian sculptor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eugenio Santoro amp oldid 1088800450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
