Piero dorazio bio

Italian painter (1927–2005)

Piero Dorazio (Rome, June 29, 1927 - Perugia, May 17, 2005) was an Italian painter. His work was related to color field painting, lyrical abstraction and other forms of abstract art.

Early life

Dorazio was born in Rome. His father was a civil servant, while his mother was interested in history and art. Dorazio attended Julius Caesar Lyceum (high school) in Rome.

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The family fled to their homeland province of Abruzzo in 1943. After the war, Dorazio worked briefly as a translator for the British Army and then studied architecture at the University of Rome.^[1]

He was influenced by futurists such as Gino Severini, Antonio Corpora, Enrico Prampolini, and Giacomo Balla, attracting him to painting.

An aversion to their right-wing views pushed him to align instead with left-leaning artists like Renato Guttuso.^[2] Along with Pietro Consagra, Achille Perilli, and Giulio Turcato, he helped formulate a manifesto an