Sergio Romiti
Sergio Romiti is a very loved author. He is considered to be a refined and consistent author, with a great introspective power. Watching and observing Romiti's works one imagines to see a different reality from the point of view from which you look at it. In his paintings he dedicated an imaginative vein to those who observe and interpret them. In fact many of his works are untitled: this was due to his intent to make themselves attractive for the public and only those who are truly passionate are aware of the beauty of his creations.
He devoted himself to painting already in 1946. His entry into the artistic life dates back to 1947, while its final baptism art to 1948, when he exhibited at the First National Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Bologna. It was an important exhibition because it feautured all the middle generation artists (Birolli Guttuso Cassinari Corporation, African, Santomaso, Widow, Mirko, Fazzini, Minguzzi) and even more because it serves as a pretext for a resounding stance by Togliatti against modern art considered to be a kind of art that does not correspond to the ideal of socialist realism. After a such harsh criticism the artists were divided in those who wanted to salvage as Guttuso--and who wanted to claim the right - as the Group Form-to be enrolled in the party but to express themselves in new ways. Romiti didn't take sides, having no abstract pretensions nor realistic, nor being a party member. The following year he exhibited at the Gallery of the Age of Rome with Vacchi and Barnabè. He remained at the forefront of the Italian art scene - participating at all the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art of the fifties until 1965, when he decided to give up painting. He won't be able to be consistent with its intent and he restarted painting with numerically lower production, leading to extreme consequences his artistic career already shaped and conceptually concluded in 1965. He never left his hometown if not for some brief time and he led a secluded and lonely life until he decided to end his life on 12th July 2000.
In 1952 the International Jury of the Venice Biennale awarded him with the Prize Ferrania. He was present at all the Venice Biennale from 1952 to 1960 with groups of works and a personal room. He also participated in the V and VIII Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, the International Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1955, 1958 and 1961 and he presented a personal Eighth Quadrennial of Rome. His works appear in the collections of the Modern Art Gallery in Bologna, in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, in the Modern Art Gallery in Turin, in the Modern Art Gallery of Spoleto and in the one of Varese and in the Tate Britain Gallery in London. It is known about him that he has had a personal space in biennials in Venice and Rome, that he was a painter who was very wealthy and remained consistent in his own style of painting throughout his life. His works are present in the collections of large Italian banks, which frequently offer exhibitions and receptions.