Osvaldo PERUZZI (Milan, 1907 – Livorno, 2004)
Painter, joined Futurism in the 1930s, attracted by the artistic research of Prampolini, Fillia and Munari. He moved to Livorno, where he devoted himself to the family business, a thriving glassworks. In 1933 he took part in the exhibition “Futurist Homage to Umberto Boccioni” at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan, participated in the Futurist exhibition at Palazzo Ferroni in Florence and the first national exhibition of Futurist art in Rome. With ten paintings he was present at the national Futurist exhibition held at the Bottega d’arte in Livorno, organized by Marinetti, Fillia and Mino Rosso. He exhibited in Hamburg in 1934 at the Futurist Aeropainting exhibition, and from the mid-1930s until the early 1940s, he participated in all the Biennales and Quadrennials. Between 1933 and 1935 he collaborated on the magazines “La città nuova” and “Stile futurista,” both edited by Fillia. In 1941 he published the manifesto “Plastica delle essenze individuali” and exhibited in Milan in the hall of the Futurist aeropainters on the occasion of the III Exhibition of the National Fascist Syndicate of Fine Arts. Alongside his painting activities, he also worked as an advertising graphic designer. Under arms since 1940, he was taken prisoner by the Anglo-Americans in 1943. At the end of the war he returned to Livorno where he continued to paint and exhibit. In 2001 his work received its definitive consecration by participating in the major exhibition “Futurism 1909 – 1944,” at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.