Nuorese Cultural DistrictGiuseppe Biasi (b. 23 October 1885, Sassari–d. 20 May 1945, Andorno Micca) was an Italian painter, engraver and illustrator.
Giuseppe Biasi
Description
Self-taught, he began producing caricatures for local humour newspapers when he was sixteen. Later, in Rome, thanks to an introduction to Salvatore Ruju, he worked with important artists like Mario Sironi, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla and Gino Severini in the editorial offices of the socialist weekly Avanti della Domenica.
He drew inspiration from his travels in the Sardinian hinterland, Africa and Piedmont, adapting his art to his experiences. One of Biasi’s particular accomplishments was bringing the modern colour palette to a region rooted in its traditional culture.
He worked in varied media, including oils, tempera and pastel, but he also produced very fine colour and black-and-white woodcuts.
His work is found in important public and private collections in Italy and abroad, including the Museo Civico del Castello Sforzesco, Milan, the Galleria Ricci-Oddi, Piacenza, the Galleria d'arte moderna, Venice and the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Region of Sardinia acquired a large selection of his works for the future picture gallery of Sassari and some of his works are in the collection of MAN, Nuoro.
Biasi was one of the most important Sardinian painters of the twentieth century, standing out for the originality of his work, which diverged from trends like the ‘return to order’ and social realism.
He elevated the rural and pastoral world, giving them a new identity.
