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  • Ferdinando Scianna. Luigi Veronesi. © Ferdinando Scianna/Magnum Photos

Meeting Points

Artist Chronology

May 28, 1908
Born
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1914–28
Studies art and engineering
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1924
His father, an amateur photographer, introduces him to macrophotography
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1932
First solo exhibition, at Galleria del Milione
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1932–39
Travels frequently between Paris and Milan; studies Impressionism and Cubism
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Paris Milan
1934
Joins the group Abstraction, création, art non figuratif
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Paris
1934
Group exhibition at Galleria del Milione
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1935
Luigi Veronesi and László Moholy-Nagy meet at a collector's house
Switzerland
1935
Publishes in Telehor and Magazin AKA
Contributor: Luigi Veronesi
Brno
1936 and 1937
Exhibits at the Villa Olmo
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Como
1937
László Moholy-Nagy invites Luigi Veronesi to teach at the New Bauhaus, but Veronesi declines
At location: László Moholy-Nagy
Affiliated: Luigi Veronesi
Chicago
1939
Publishes 14 Variazioni di un Tema Pittorico
Contributor: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1939
Creates his first films
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1939
Solo exhibition at the Galerie l'Equipe
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Paris
1943
Many of his works are damaged or destroyed in the bombings
Affiliated: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1943
Works for the resistance
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1947
Mostra d'arte contemporanea Italiana
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Geneva
1949
Joins the group Mac (Movimento Arte Concreta)
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1951
Le Jeune peinture Italienne exhibition
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Paris
1954
La Biennale di Venezia
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Venice
1955
São Paulo Biennial
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
São Paulo
1956
Solo exhibition at Galerie de l'Institut
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Paris
1957
Solo exhibition at Galleria Apollinaire
Participant: Luigi Veronesi
Milan
1998
Dies
At location: Luigi Veronesi
Milan

Walther Photographs

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