Aldo Aldi (XX) - Entro Terra Ligure

Biographical notes and artistic path of Aldo Aldi

Aldo Aldi was born in Genoa in 1904 and died in 1984 in Castiglione dei Pepoli, in the province of Bologna. After obtaining his diploma at the Swiss School of Economics and Commerce, he embarked on an artistic career, training under the guidance of masters Anton Giulio Santagata and Giuseppe Cominetti.

In the thirties he combined painting with the theatre: between 1933 and 1935 he wrote several comedies, also personally handling the stage designs. It was precisely scenography that became a central field for him, to which he dedicated himself until 1950, collaborating with the Piccolo Teatro di Genova.

From the 1950s onward he chose to concentrate exclusively on painting, a activity he pursued with consistency and rigor for more than fifty years. Despite the long and intense production, Aldi always maintained a reserved attitude, consciously avoiding frequent public exposure. His first solo show dates back to 1974.

From that moment on, his work gained growing critical recognition, with noteworthy notes, invites to prizes, participation in group shows and exhibitions, as well as numerous appreciations also on an international level. His works entered public and private collections, both in Italy and abroad, and of state bodies.

During his career he was a member of prestigious institutions and artistic academies, including: the Roman Academy of Tiberius (Accademia Tiberina) in Rome, the Academy of San Marco in Naples, the Universal Academy Marconi in Rome, the Italia A. Magno Academy in Florence, the Academy of Contemporary Art in Rome, the University of the Arts of Bologna, and the International Academy of Sciences and Arts of San Mateo, in California (USA).

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Bibliographic and Critical Presence

Aldi’s work is extensively documented in numerous publications, yearbooks, catalogs, and reviews devoted to Italian and European contemporary art. Among the main ones are:
• Painters and Contemporary Painting – Il Quadrato, Milan (1974)
• Bolaffi National Catalog of Modern Art No. 11, Turin (1975)
• Bolaffi Art, Turin (1976–1978)
• Bolaffi Regional Guide to Italian Artists – Liguria, Turin (1977)
• Comanducci Yearbook – Art Review nos. 3, 5, 9, 11, Milan (1976, 1978, 1982, 1984)
• The Sixties and Seventies of Italian Art, Vol. VI, Piacenza (1975–1976)
• Figurative Line, Ancona (1975)
• Contemporary Painting, Milan (1975)
• The Raft, Viareggio (1974)
• The Elite, Varese (1977)
• Guide to Italian Art, Ancona (1977)
• Art and Printing Liguria, Genoa (1977)
• Emilia and Romagna (1978)
• Toscana Review, Livorno (1977–1978)
• Base Art Yearbook No. 2, Turin (1977–1978)
• Primi Piani, Bologna (1980)
• Dictionary of European Contemporary Artists, Rome (1980)
• The Masters of Contemporary Painting, Milan (1981)
• Italian Tourism, Padua (1981)
• Art – Knowing the Artists, Milan (1980)
• Vernice Nos. 1–2, Venice (1981)
• Art Handbook, Florence (1981–1982)
• Pan Art, Bologna (1982–1984)
• Contemporary Italian Art, Florence (1983)