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Aligi Sassu was born in Milan in 1912. Son of one of the founders of the socialist party of Sassari, he moved with his family to Sardinia where for three years he lived in contact with the horses and the strong colors of the Mediterranean. Having returned to Milan, he became passionate about reading books Futurists: he is the father, friend of Carlo Carrà, to instill this passion in him. Forced by economic difficulties to abandon school (which ended with evening courses), he began working in a lithographic workshop and with a wall decorator. Sign up forBrera Academy where he knows Lucio Fontana, but he had to abandon it for economic reasons and move to the Accademia Libera which provided him with easels and models in exchange for a painting a month. The academy was short-lived and Sassu continued his activity in a rented studio together with Manzu. They were born in this period Cyclists they Red men. On the occasion of Mussolini's defeat in the battle of Guadalajara, he wrote with De Grada a poster praising the insurrection. He comes arrested and locked up in San Vittore where he cannot devote himself to painting. Later transferred near Cuneo, he created over 400 drawings including portraits of prisoners and mythological works. Thanks to his father, he was granted a royal pardon in 1938, remaining under special surveillance until 1941 when he was able to set up a solo show in the Bottega di Current. Meet many artists, including Picasso. He moves in Spain, where the Bullfighting and he knows the acrylic technique which allows him to create more vivid and bright colours. In Italy he created sets and costumes for the reopening of the Royal Theatre of Turin and a room is dedicated to him in the Gallery of Modern Art of the Vatican. For his 87th birthday an anthology was inaugurated in Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, but he died the following year.
