Lucio Fontana
Argentine painter and sculptor
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Lucio Fontana was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor and theorist. He's known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstract painting as the first known artist to slash his canvases - which symbolizes an utter rejection of all... Wikipedia
Born: February 19, 1899, Rosario, Argentina
Died: September 7, 1968 (age 69 years), Comabbio, Italy
Period: Spatialism
Known for: Painting, sculpture
Spouse: Teresita Rasini Fontana (m. 1952–1968)
Parents: Luigi Fontana and Lucia Bottini
Artworks
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