About Achille Perilli
Lived 1927 – 2021 (aged 94). Achille Perilli was an Italian painter, printmaker, graphic artist, designer, sculptor and writer.
Achille Perilli (28 January 1927 – 16 October 2021) was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Biography Born in Rome on 28 January 1927, Achille Perilli attended classical secondary school and earned a degree in literature with a thesis on Giorgio de Chirico. After World War II, he founded the group Forma 1 alongside Carla Accardi, Ugo Attardi, Pietro Consagra, , and Giulio Turcato. He was a master in abstractionism, as seen in his exhibitions at the Venice Biennale in 1952, 1958, 1962, and 1968. From 1948 to 1986, he participated in the Rome Quadriennale on five occasions. From 1963 to 1964, he participated in the touring exhibition Peintures italiennes d'aujourd'hui in Beyrouth, Damas, Teheran, Ankara and Tunis. In 1995, he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca and received the award from the President of the Republic of Italy Oscar Luigi Scalfaro in 1997.
Perilli died in Orvieto on 16 October 2021.
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Italian painter (1927–2021)
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Achille Perilli was born on 28 January 1927 in Rome.
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Achille Perilli died on 16 October 2021 in Orvieto.
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Achille Perilli was a painter, printmaker, graphic artist, designer, sculptor and writer.
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Achille Perilli was Italian.
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