Aldo Borgonzoni (1913-2004) - Rice weeder (Mondina)

The life and art of Aldo Borgonzoni are marked by a consistent political, civic, and social commitment to freedom and against any abuse that could harm human dignity, particularly that of the most humble and vulnerable. An anti-fascist, he joined the resistance movement in contact with Orlando Argentesi and Giovanni Bottonelli. He took a membership card in the Italian Communist Party, from which he later distanced himself.

In the early 1950s, the artist deepened his neorealist commitment by turning his attention to the world of farm laborers and rice weeders of the Po Valley.

In September 1986, his hometown, Medicina, dedicated a rich retrospective exhibition to him, featuring some of the artist’s most significant paintings and including one hundred mixed-media works on paper that Borgonzoni had donated to his native community.