Renzo Vespignani

1944 drawing by Renzo Vespignani. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1970 (Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC).

Renzo Vespignani (1924 - 26 April 2001)[1] was an Italian painter, printmaker and illustrator.[2] Vespignani illustrated the works of Boccaccio, Kafka and T. S. Eliot, among others.[2] In 1956, he co-founded the magazine Citta Aperta ("Open City") and in 1963, co-founded the group II Pro e II Contro (Pro and Con) for neorealism in figure art.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Francis Bacon" (list of biographies), 2001, KLEINOS edizione d'arte (Italian translated), webpage: Kleinos-Primo-Piano Archived 2006-05-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituaries - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Renzo Vespignani" (news), Brant Publications, Inc., 2001, FindArticles, webpage: Obit-Vespignani.