Fondazione Aligi Sassu e Helenita Olivares
Who they are
Aligi Sassu (Milan 1912 – Pollença 2000) was a central figure in twentieth-century European art: from his Futurist beginnings, still a boy, to the «red men», from the cafés and streets of Milan to horses and mythology, he told the life of his time through colour.
With his wife, the Colombian singer Helenita Olivares, he chose the City of Lugano to preserve an important part of his legacy. He donated more than three hundred works, from the 1920s to the 1990s, to the Fondazione Aligi Sassu e Helenita Olivares, where they can now be studied and admired.
Aligi Sassu, Il Sacco di Roma, 1995
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What they do with Artistwall
On Artistwall the Foundation presents more than 360 records, which can be browsed by period and subject (Futurism, Primitivism, Red Men, Maison Tellier, Mythology) and by technique (painting, drawing, prints, sculpture). A timeline and a page about the Foundation complete the catalogue.
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