Still Life

1930–1956

Chair of etching technique at the Bologna Academy

His successes in etching during the 1920s allow him to head the chair of engraving technique at the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts, which he holds until 1956.

1953

Grand Prize for a series of etchings at the São Paulo Biennial

He wins the Grand Prize for a series of etchings at the São Paulo Art Biennial.

1955年7月16日–1955年9月18日

Exhibition: documenta

1956

Solo exhibition in Winterthur

He travels to Winterthur for the opening of a solo exhibition and studies works by Chardin and Cézanne in the Oskar Reinhart Collection.

1956

His first trip to Paris

He visits Paris for the first time, a trip he had dreamed of since the early 1910s.

1957

Grand Prize for painting at the São Paulo Biennial

He wins the Grand Prize for painting at the São Paulo Biennial, four years after the Grand Prize for a series of etchings.