
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.
late 1950s
Trouble with his eyesight
In one of his rare interviews he says that, because of serious problems with his eyesight, he now paints only four or five pictures a year.
1959
A house at Grizzana
He builds a house at Grizzana, 30 kilometres from Bologna, where he spends the summers with his sisters in his last years too. The fame that came after the war does not change his modest way of life: he remains unmarried and lives with his unmarried sisters in the old-fashioned family flat in Bologna, where one room serves as his studio and bedroom.
1959年7月11日–1959年10月11日
Exhibition: Documenta II
1962
Solo exhibition in Siegen
After a solo exhibition in Siegen he is awarded the Rubens Prize of the city of Siegen.
1964年6月18日
Died