No. 7-8 (2024): Il Surrealismo e la cultura italiana. La critica, le mostre, le ricerche degli artisti
Studies

The First Exhibition of Italian Surrealism (Rome, 1957). Ambitions, Misunderstandings and Historiographical Misfortune

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  • Manuel Barrese
Manuel Barrese
Università degli Studi di Messina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-3385

Published 2025-03-13

Keywords

  • Fantastic Art,
  • Italo Cremona,
  • Circolo della Stampa Romana,
  • Arturo Schwarz,
  • Forerunners of Surrealism

How to Cite

Barrese, M. (2025). The First Exhibition of Italian Surrealism (Rome, 1957). Ambitions, Misunderstandings and Historiographical Misfortune. La Diana, (7-8), 133–153. https://doi.org/10.36253/ladiana-3385
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Abstract

Through new documentary evidence, this essay analyses the assumptions, the outcomes and the early historiographical misfortune of the First Exhibition of Italian Surrealism held in Rome in February 1957 at the Circolo della Stampa Romana. The exhibition – largely conceived by Italo Cremona – brought together some figurative painters tending towards “fantastic art” – mostly coming from the galleries L’Obelisco and del Naviglio – alongside masters and “precursors” of “Italian Surrealism” such as Alberto Savinio, Alberto Martini, Arturo Nathan and Cesare Sofianopulo.

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