Art in the old town

Born in Fondo in Val di Non, he came to Rovereto at a very young age and, after a few exhibitions of realist works, discovered Futurism. In December 1913 he was in Rome where he became a student of Giacomo Balla with whom, in March 1915, he signed the manifesto "Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe." In the spring of 1916 he held his first Futurist solo exhibition in Rome with over 200 works. In 1917 he was in Capri and in 1918 in Rome. In 1919, after the "Esposizione Nazionale Futurista di Milano," he returned to Rovereto and opened the "Casa d'Arte Futurista," producing tapestries, advertisements, furniture, etc. In April 1922 he produced "Cabaret del Diavolo" in Rome. In 1925 together with Balla and Prampolini he participated in the "International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris," and, in 1926, in the 15th Venice Biennale. In 1927 he published the famous "Depero futurista," or Bolted Book. In September 1928 he left for New York where he stayed two years living on advertising and furniture. In 1931 he published the "Numero Unico futurista Campari," in 1932 the "Manifesto dell'arte pubblicitaria futurista" and participated with a solo room in the 18th Venice Biennale. Gradually he defected from Futurist activism, retiring to Rovereto to devote himself to decorative art. In 1940 he published his monumental autobiography, and then in 1947 he was again in New York for two years. At the end of 1950 he launched the "Manifesto of Nuclear Painting and Plastics." Between 1953 and 1956 he creates the large furnishings for the Provincial Council Chamber in Trento, then in¬takes up work on his museum, Italy's first futurista museo, which opens in 1959. He dies in Rovereto.

Born in Ranzo di Vezzano, he studied painting as a self-taught artist and, after a few years of preparation, in 1960 held his first solo exhibition in Molveno, gaining great acclaim for his themes poised between archaism and naïf accents. Of that period is the meeting with the painter Luigi Pizzini whose close acquaintance induces Sartori to devote himself completely to painting and to continue in the search for his own language that will reach full maturity during the 1970s. In 1961, with the "Mostra Provinciale d'Arte Figurativa" in Trento, he began his participation in the main collective exhibitions of the period. His works are noticed, in 1972 at the Suzzara exhibition, by the critic Raffaele de Grada, who points him out to Cesare Zavattini. Sartori subsequently participated in no less than seven editions, even obtaining the homage of a personal room. This great visibility placed him in the sphere of naïf painters, conditioning for a time a deeper reading of his work, which should also be seen from the perspective of a recovery of the rural tradition according to modes of "archaism" and with accents of deep spirituality.

Born in St. Leonard of Badia, at the age of 18 he contracted a leg disease that forced him to use crutches for ten years. During this time he began to paint and sculpt. In 1953 with the help of a friend he enrolled in the "Colombo" School of Art in Milan where he remained between studies and collaborations for twelve years. While in Milan he still participated in exhibitions in the region, such as the 6th Regional Art Exhibition in Bolzano in 1958. Upon his return to Val Badia (1965) he started a family and began a regular artistic and exhibition activity in various Italian cities. He is a member since its establishment of the EPL (Art for the Ladins) and the SKB (Südtiroler Kunstlerbund). In 1975, in conjunction with his solo exhibition in Florence, the first of three short films about him was made (the others in 1985 and 1991). He lived in Badia di Pedraces where he passed away in 2014.

Born in Trent to a painter and decorator father, who initiated him into artistic activity, he taught drawing in middle schools in the 1940s. From 1953-54 are his first experiences with intaglio techniques that alternated with painting exercises. In 1966, supported by a group of Trentino painters including Polo, Bonacina and Wolf, he opened the Fogolino Gallery in Trento, particularly sensitive to local art. He participated in the main Trentino collective exhibitions, often being the organizer, starting with the third "Regional Art Exhibition" at the Grand Hotel Trento in 1951, up to the "Trade Union Mo¬stra degli Artisti Trentini" at the Palazzo della Regione in Trento in 1976, the last exhibition organized by the union. In 1981 he was present at "Art and Violence. Venti artisti contro" at the Rosmini Center in Trento, and in 1983 at "Arte Sa¬cra 83" in Trento. In 1988 he participated in "Situations. Art in Trentino since 1945" at the Palazzo delle Albere. He has set up numerous solo shows and has long been the animator of the Trento Artists' Union. In 2005 Palazzo Trentini dedicated a first retrospective exhibition to him. He died in Trento.

Born in Bolzano, at age 23, at the suggestion of Franz Defregger he enrolled in the Dresden Academy of Art. Then, for six years he was in Paris (from 1901 to 1907) where he attended the Julian Academy, famous because it welcomed that group that would found the "Nabis," with Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, Ibels, Ranson, Roussel and Vallotton. During his French sojourn Moser traveled frequently to Brittany where he experimented with his first woodcuts. In 1907 he returned to Bolzano and began participating in various exhibitions, such as the one in 1910 in Hamburg, and then somewhat throughout Europe. A tireless and careful worker, Carl Moser sought to make chromatically valuable woodcut engravings often using a considerable number of molds. Various exhibitions include the Mostra d'Arte/Kunstschau della Venezia Tridentina, Bolzano, 1922; the XXXIX Esposizione d'Arte in Verona, 1925; and then the Bolzano Biennials of 1926, 1930 and 1932. He died in Bolzano. An extensive retrospective was presented a year after his death at the IX Sindacale d'Arte in Bolzano in 1940.