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Biography of Ugo Attardi
Ugo Attardi was born in 1932 in Sori near Genoa. Hounded by fascism, his father, a trade unionist, was forced to flee to Sicily. His family later settled in Palermo where he studied Fine Arts for a year. He then decided to move to Rome, where he began to paint. In 1948 he created the Marxist movement of abstract art "Forma Uno", with other artists such as Piero Dorazio, M. Guerrini. This short experience allowed him to take a period of research necessary for his work. During the 1950s, he participated twice in the Venice Biennale and exhibited in Rome. It was during this period that he began his work as an engraver; he quickly became one of the most significant Italian engravers of his time thanks to his perfect mastery of drawing. In 1965, he participated in the Figuration Narrative exhibition in Paris. A multidisciplinary artist, he also devoted himself to sculpture and literature; in this last field, he was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1971 with his first novel. Ugo Attardi died in 2006 in Rome.