Edoardo Persico
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Edoardo Persico (1900, Naples - January 1936, Milan) was an Italian art critic, designer and essayist.
Biography
He was born in Naples, where he attended high school. In 1920, he journeyed to Paris to study law. The following year he abandoned his studies and is dedicated himself to his interest in art and literary publishing. In 1923 his philosophical tale "The city and the people of today" was published by the Quattrini of Florence. Friend of Piero Gobetti , which contributed to the magazines The Liberal Revolution and Baretti, he moved in 1927 to Turin where he lives between painful hardship working as a laborer at Fiat.
He eventually founded his own publishing house. In 1929 he moved to Milan, where he worked with the magazine Belvedere and around 1930 he founded the tunnel Million and in 1931 directed by Giuseppe Pagano magazine Casabella. He was called to teach at ISIA, innovative school at Monza for applied art.
Since 1934 he turned his interest in architecture, he joined the Rationalist movement, created furniture and interior fittings for exhibitions.
Persico was found dead in his home in January 1936 at thirty-five years old.
Artist relationships and influence
Persico was one of the first art journalists to cover the works of Francesco De Rocchi extensively.
Persico supported a group of artists who would be known as the "Six of Turin".
