Vinicio Berti (1921-1991) - Vinicio Berti

Vinicio Berti (Florence, June 11, 1921 – Florence, September 18, 1991) was an Italian painter, illustrator, and comic-book author. As one of the founders of Florentine classical Abstract Art, he was one of the most significant artistic figures of the postwar period.

1939-1942
Vinicio Berti works in the publishing field: illustrations, comics, posters, and he makes his debut with works in a realist-expressionist style.
1943
Exhibition of artists and artisans in arms, Ridotto del Verdi, Trieste
1945
Produces drawings for Resistance leaflets and newspapers, Florence.
1945
Foundation "Torrente" Journal of Literature and Art: group V. Berti, B. Brunetti, A. Caverni, A. Manetti, G. Nativi, E. Ducceschi and others, Florence.
1945
Art exhibition (group show), San Marco, Florence.
1946
V. Berti and B. Brunetti: illustration for the book by A. Caverni "Poesia della conseguenza", Florence.
Exhibition by V. Berti and B. Brunetti, La Porta Gallery, Florence.
Contemporary painting exhibition, Cigala Art Gallery, Turin.
1st Prize, Prato Painting Award, Cicognini, Prato.
Exhibition of the portrait and self-portrait, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
1947
1st Exhibition Art of Today: content and form of a new reality, Gallery Firenze, Florence
(Y. Bargbeer, V. Berti, S. Bozzolini, B. Brunetti, G. Cipriani, V. De Angelis, R. Faraoni, F. Farulli, Furrer, R. Grazzini, Kopac, B. Lardera, A. Monnini, G. Picchi, E. Pregno, Steiner, O. Tordi, V. Venturi).
Youth Gathering Award, Palazzo Davanzati, Florence.
National Art Review, Rome.
1st Prize, City of Empoli: Provincial Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Kindergarten, Empoli.
1948
Tuscan trade union review, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
Mural painting at the Savings Bank branch on Via Guelfa (executed and destroyed): Berti, Monnini, Nativi.
2nd Exhibition of Art Today: a survey of Italian-French painting and sculpture, Galleria Firenze, Florence (V. Berti, S. Bozzolini, B. Brunetti, M. Burtin, B. Cassinari, P. Consagra, A. Corpora, G. Dayer, V. De Angelis, F. Farulli, N. Franchina, R. Grazzini, Guerrini, R. Guttuso, J. Iliu, B. Lardera, v. Manca, C. Maugeri, E. Morlotti, A. Monnini, G. Nativi, M. Nuti, Orazi, A. Parnisari, E. Pignon, O. Tordi, E. Treccani, G. Turcato, E. Vedova).
Congress of Italian Culture, Palazzo Vecchio and Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
Group exhibition, Bergamini Gallery, Milan (Berti, Brunetti, Monnini, Nativi, Parnisari).
2nd National Drawing Fair, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.
1st International Congress of the Figurative Arts, Palazzo Riccardi, Florence.
Figurative Arts Exhibition "Premio Firenze", Ex-Convento delle Oblate, Florence
National Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Grand Prize Forte dei Marmi.
Conference by G. De Chirico: "Against the Debacle, Mercantilism and the Intellectual Dictatorship in Art", Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, (Opposition by the Abstract Group).
Corrado Cagli Lecture: 'Decay or Primordium?', Chamber of Commerce, Florence (organized by the group "Arte d'Oggi" with the participation of the Florentine abstract artists R. Guttuso, R. Birolli, Mirko, Afro, Morlotti, A. Pizzinato, among others).
Four painters exhibit: Berti, Brunetti, Monnini, Nativi, Vigna Nuova Gallery, Florence.
8th Under-30s Salon, Beaux Arts Gallery, Paris.
Contemporary art exhibition, Rifredi, Florence.

UNFRAMED PICTURE SIZE:
25 cm width
39 CM HEIGHT

The framed painting measures:
37 cm width
52 cm height