Fronte Nuovo delle Arti was an Italian artistic movement active in Venice, Rome and Milan in the years following WWII (1946 to 1950). It is considered to be part of the post-cubism movement.
The reasoning for this group of artists and critics to develop the ideas leading to the formation of the Fronte was to go beyond the positions of the movement Novecento italiano, who were deemed as outdated in light of the most recent artistic developments in Europe.
Fronte Nuovo delle Arti had a number of exhibitions in Italy but it disbanded after an intense internal debate about abstraction and realism. Pizzinato and Guttuso rejected abstractionism and announced their decision to quit. The movement was officially dissolved on 3 September 1950 in Venice.
Bibliography
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Flaminio Gualdoni, "Arte in Italia 1943 - 1999", Neri Pozza Editore, Vicenza, 2000, ISBN88-7305-733-0(in Italian)
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Giuseppe Marchiori, "Il Fronte Nuovo delle Arti", Giorgio Tacchini Editore, Vercelli, 1978 (in Italian)