Luigi Veronesi
Italy (1908—1998)After studying art in Italy, Veronesi travelled to Paris in 1932, where he met Fernand Léger and became interested in Russian and Dutch Constructivism. This experience led him to abandon the figurative approach of his early work and develop an increasingly abstract, geometric language, exploring the relationships between colour and music. In 1934 he joined Abstraction-Création and, in the same period, became one of the active contributors to the magazine Campo Grafico, where he promoted new approaches to typography and graphic design. From 1935 he devoted increasing attention to photography, experimenting with techniques ranging from painting on film to photomontage and solarisation. His interdisciplinary research also extended to music and theatre: in 1936 he created 14 variazioni di un tema pittorico, later published in 1939 with Riccardo Malipiero’s 14 variazioni di un tema musicale, and he developed numerous stage designs and costume projects. From 1973 to 1977 he taught composition and colour theory at the Accademia di Brera.
