Anna Salvatore

Anna Salvatore (1923 – 18 May 1978) was an Italian painter, sculptor, writer and socialite.

Life and career Born in Rome in 1923, Salvatore studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze under Ottone Rosai, Galileo Chini and Felice Carena, and later at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. She held her first exhibition in 1940. A member of the neorealist movement, she became first known thanks to her portraits of suburban people.

Salvatore took part in the XXIV e XXVIII Venice Biennale and in the V, VI and VIII Rome Quadriennale exhibitions. and a major figure in the cultural and social life of her hometown, she owned the Il Pincio Gallery in Piazza del Popolo. In 1966, she made her literary debut with the novel Subliminal tu.