Bruno De Cerce (1916-2000) - Una calle a Venezia

Interesting work by painter Bruno De Cerce (Campobasso 1916 - Milan 2000) painted in oil on canvas mounted on board in good condition.
The work measures 40x30 cm.
The frame is original from the period and has its protective glass.

THE ORIGINS (the 1960s)
The Art Group Artists of Via Bagutta was born in Milan in the early 1960s, initially under the name:
“Painters Cultural Group of Via Bagutta”
Founder and main organizer: Bruno De Cerce, painter.
The idea came from the desire to offer Milanese artists a free, popular, outdoor space to exhibit, outside the gallery circuit and away from academic logic.
The first “protest exhibitions” Before the official founding, some artists exhibited their own paintings illegally along the walls of the street, as a provocative gesture: an art in the street, for everyone, that entered directly into city life.
These “spontaneous exhibitions” created a strong movement of interest and led to the formation of the group.
The idea — launched by painter Bruno De Cerce — was to create an art exhibition “en plein air,” that is outdoors, along Via Bagutta: a phenomenon that for Milan could revive the spirit of artistic freedom already seen in other cities (there was talk of a “twinning” with the Roman street dedicated to artists).
In the early years, however, it was not simple: the artists were described as “rebels,” considered outside official norms — so much so that the first “protests on the walls of Via Bagutta (1960)” are now part of the group’s history.
Private collection origins Milan, Italy
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