Andrea Cascella was a sculptor, painter
and ceramist. He was the son of Thomas and nephew of Michael. Like
his brother Peter, he established himself as a sculptor, at first
thanks to a collaboration with Domenico Rambelli, although at first
he dabbled in painting and ceramics. Among his positions include the
direction of the Academy of Brera.
During the war years he was active in
the Resistance in Garibaldi Ossola formations as a training
commander. He attended the Osteria Brothers' Menghi, a known meeting
place for painters, directors, screenwriters, writers and poets from
the '40s and' 70s. In 1949 he exhibited his works at his first, at
the Obelisk Gallery in Rome, then attend the Biennale, the Grosvenor
Gallery in London, the New York Guggenheim museum and many Milanese
personal.In the early sixties his high reliefs
date back to the Olivetti structure of Dusseldorf and the bas-relief
to that of Buenos Aires. European exponent of abstract art, among
his finest works include the War Memorial of Auschwitz, which he
designed with his brother Peter, after winning the competition for
the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner in 1958. He made
various appearances at the Venice Biennale, in which he was awarded
in 1964, and commissioner in 1972.
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