Germano Sartelli

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Germano Sartelli photographed in 1975 by Paolo Monti

Germano Sartelli (1925 – 2014) was an Italian sculptor.

Life[edit]

Sheet metal sculptures by Germano Sartelli, Imola

He was born in Imola in 1925.

After attending a wood carving course that it was held between the 30s and 40s by Gioachino Meluzzi,[1] Sartelli devoted himself with passion to sculpture so he opened an atelier in the little town of Codrignano. The signature of his works has always been the use of recycled materials ranging from newspaper pages to metal wires and timber.[2]

His first exhibition in 1958 was organized by Dino Gavina at the Cultural Club in Bologna with a presentation by Maurizio Calvesi.[3]

In 1962 he was awarded the sculpture prize by the Ministry of Public Education (Italy) and in 1964 he exhibited at the 32nd Venice Biennale[4] which was followed by numerous other personal and non-solo exhibitions.[5]

In the fifties, Sartelli started a project at the Luigi Lolli Provincial psychiatric hospital in Imola to teach painting to patients whose creations were exhibited in an exhibition in Imola in 1954: it was the first time in Italia. The pioneering experience of art therapy was also narrated in a 2006 documentary.[6]

In the same year of his death in 2014,[7] the documentary film written and directed by Paolo Fiore Angelini Germano Sartelli. La forma delle cose, conversazioni was released in which the artist talks about himself.[8]

Among others Maurizio Calvesi, Andrea Emiliani, Claudio Spadoni and Roberto Daolio.[2] The archival collection is kept at the Museo San Domenico in Imola.[2]

  • Germano Sartelli's works photographed by Paolo Monti

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sartelli, Germano. "Germano Sartelli Consultazione". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. ^ a b c dzweb (2015-07-31). "SARTELLI GERMANO". Arte Romagna (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  3. ^ Renzo Orsini (1998). Dino Gavina: ultrarazionale, ultramobile. Compositori. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-88-7794-137-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Germano Sartelli |". Flash Art (in Italian). 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  5. ^ "Galleria Arte De Foscherari". Galleria de' Foscherari (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  6. ^ Cesare Secchi (2015). Cinema & Follia: 1115 film e audiovisivi sulla malattia mentale ricercabili per parola chiave. Guaraldi. p. 182. ISBN 978-88-6927-137-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "È morto Germano Sartelli, l'artista che ha dato voce alla natura e agli emarginati". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  8. ^ Casadio, Giacomo (2016-01-19). "Germano Sartelli - il film". Il Nuovo Diario Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.

Further reading[edit]

  • G. Asioli Martini, ed. (2010). Artisti imolesi alle Biennali di Venezia. Dipinti, sculture, ceramiche e disegni. Imola: G. Asioli Martini.
  • Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Imola, ed. (2006). L'atelier. Germano Sartelli e i laboratori di arteterapia all'ospedale psichiatrico di Imola. Imola: M. Bartoli e G. Savini.
  • R. Pajano e C. Spadoni, ed. (1994). Germano Sartelli 1954–1994 (catalogo della mostra alla Pinacoteca Comunale di Imola ed.). Bologna: R. Pajano e C. Spadoni.
  • Roberto Pasini, ed. (1997). L'informale italiano: pittura di segno e di materia negli anni Cinquanta. Parma: Roberto Pasini. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
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