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Art No. 3115
Artist : Sergio Scatizzi (1918~2009)
Sergio Scatizzi was born in Gragnano, in the province of Lucca, on October 20th 1918. He spends his youth in Valdinievole and in the Lucca countryside. After a one-year stay in Naples, he moves to Rome. In 1936 he joins the artistic entourage in Rome, being attracted by the painting by Mario Nafai and Antonietta Raphael.
After a first stay in Paris, in 1938 he comes back to Montecatini and here he paints his first landscapes and still lives and also some watercolour portraits. In 1939 he meets Giovanni Comisso and thanks to him, the painter Filippo De Pisis, then Ardengo Soffici and Morandi. He joins the group of the painters from Pistoia and exhibits at several collective exhibitions in Pistoia e Montecatini. In 1950 he exhibits at the XXV Biennale of Venice and during those years he starts his first contacts with Florentine entourage of painters, poets and men of letters, among whom Ottone Rosai. He strikes up a friendship with the artists Capocchini, Marcucci, Tirinnanzi, Pregno. In 1955 he exhibits at his first personal show at the Galleria Spinetti in Florence, introduced by Tirinnanzi.
Sergio Scatizzi was born in Gragnano, in the province of Lucca, on October 20th 1918. He spends his youth in Valdinievole and in the Lucca countryside. After a one-year stay in Naples, he moves to Rome. In 1936 he joins the artistic entourage in Rome, being attracted by the painting by Mario Nafai and Antonietta Raphael.
After a first stay in Paris, in 1938 he comes back to Montecatini and here he paints his first landscapes and still lives and also some watercolour portraits. In 1939 he meets Giovanni Comisso and thanks to him, the painter Filippo De Pisis, then Ardengo Soffici and Morandi. He joins the group of the painters from Pistoia and exhibits at several collective exhibitions in Pistoia e Montecatini. In 1950 he exhibits at the XXV Biennale of Venice and during those years he starts his first contacts with Florentine entourage of painters, poets and men of letters, among whom Ottone Rosai. He strikes up a friendship with the artists Capocchini, Marcucci, Tirinnanzi, Pregno. In 1955 he exhibits at his first personal show at the Galleria Spinetti in Florence, introduced by Tirinnanzi.
He moves to Florence and from 1956 he gets in touch with the Galleria L’Indiano, intelligently directed by Piero Santi and keeps on his relationship with the gallery until 1969. In 1958 the Galleria La Strozzina, directed by Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti among his activities for Palazzo Strozzi, dedicates to him an interesting exhibition opportunity. In May 1962 he exposes at the Galleria L’Indiano his Terre volterrane, 25 paintings of landscape which open a very happy series.
In 1963 he exhibit at the Galleria L’Indiano in Milan. He presents 5 paintings at the IX Quadriennale Nazionale in Rome. It’s in 1966 his exhibition at the Galleria L’Indiano in Florence, where he presents a series of still lives introduced by his friend Onofrio Martinelli. In June he receives the XVIII Premio del Fiorino e della città di Firenze.
During the seventies he exposes at several galleries both in Italy and Tuscany. In June 1976 he exhibits at a wide anthological show at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara: the exhibition is cured by Pier Carlo Santini. In 1978 Scatizi is voted as Accademico dellAccademia fiorentina delle Arti del Disegno for the Painting class.
During the spring of 1982 a wide review of paintings, organized by Raffaele Monti and Alfredo Righi and presented in catalogue by Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, takes place at Palazzo Strozzi. A true anthological exhibition which represents the whole work by Scatizzi. The long and deep contribution of Ragghianti is the last occasion for the critic to reach the research of Scatizzi, summarizing its phases and features.
In 1991 Scatizzi exhibits at the Galleria d’Arte Il Bisonte and twice in Los Angeles, then in 1994 his show in Toronto, Canada. In 1997 the Galleria d’arte moderna di Palazzo Pitti dedicates to the artist a retrospective Sergio Scatizzi. Gli anni dell'informale. The last important recognition which the city of Florence dedicates to the painter, occurs in Autumn 2009, at the Galleria d'arte moderna di Palazzo Pitti, nel Quartiere d'inverno. It’s just closed when the painter deceases on November 30th 2009..
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