20th century

July 2, 2017
C outurier , tailor-turned-ready-to-wear maker, and design entrepreneur Pierre (née Pietro) Cardin was born 2 July 1922 in San Biagio di Callalta, near Treviso.

June 11, 2017
Painter Erma Bossi was born 11 June 1882 in Pola, a small village near Trieste.

May 14, 2017
Sculptor Silpa Bhirasri, born Corrado Feroci, died on 14 May 1962 in Bangkok.

April 9, 2017
Poster art designer and painter Leonetto Cappiello was born 9 April 1875 in Livorno.

April 3, 2017
Happy birthday Giuseppe Penone!

March 12, 2017
Painter, collagist, and designer Alberto Burri was born 12 March 1915 in Città di Castello, Umbria.

March 7, 2017
Sculptor Gaetano Orsolini was born 7 March 1884 in Montegiorgio, a town equidistant from Ancona and Ascoli Piceno.

March 5, 2017
Poet, translator, painter, novelist, actor, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was born 5 March 1922 in Bologna.

February 27, 2017
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker Marino Marini was born on 27 February in 1901 in Pistoia.

February 12, 2017
Mario Mafai, who with his wife Antonietta Raphaël was one of the central figures of a group of artists called the Scuola di Via Cavour, was born 12 February 1902 in Rome, where he lived and worked for much of his life until his death there in 1965.