Foiso Fois (Iglesias, 1916 – Cagliari, 1984) was a leading figure in 20th-century Sardinian art. After studying in Sardinia and Tuscany, he also participated in the Resistance during the Second World War. Returning to Sardinia after the war, he devoted himself intensely to painting and graphic art, becoming a central figure in Cagliari’s cultural life….
Guido Cavallo is a lesser-known but significant figure in the Sardinian engraving scene of the 20th century. He was active in a context in which graphics—and engraving in particular—became an important tool for expressing local identity and sensibilities. His production is part of the artistic period between the two world wars and the post-World War…
Raffaele Angelo Oppo is a Sardinian engraver active since the 1930s, part of an artistic movement that saw engraving as one of the most suitable mediums for expressing the island’s identity. Largely self-taught, he developed a research focused primarily on woodcuts, characterized by a simple and decisive style, capable of conveying the ruggedness and authenticity…
Enea Marras (Iglesias, 1916 – 1940) was a Sardinian engraver and painter active in the 1930s. He trained in the artistic circle surrounding Remo Branca, a key figure in the revival of woodcuts in Sardinia. His production, tragically interrupted by his premature death at just twenty-three, focused primarily on woodcuts, a technique through which he…
Stanis Dessy (Arzana 1900 – Sassari 1986) was a prominent Sardinian artist of the 20th century, best known as an engraver and woodcut artist, as well as a painter and sculptor. After studying in Cagliari and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, he pursued a long artistic career during which he participated in…
Giuseppe Biasi (Sassari, 1885 – Andorno Micca, 1945) was one of the most important Sardinian artists of the 20th century. His engravings and graphic works, created primarily in the 1910s and 1920s, reflect a deep interest in the rural world, human figures, and processions, rendered in a highly distinctive narrative and decorative style. Between 1917…
Dina Masnata Spasciani was a painter and illustrator from Cagliari.Born in Cagliari in 1893, during the 1930s she attended the Art School founded by Felice Melis Marini and Giovanni Battista Rossino in the Sardinian capital, devoting herself primarily to the techniques of engraving and etching. Along with Anna Marongiu Pernis, she was among the first…
Mario Delitala (1887–1990) was one of the leading Sardinian artists of the 20th century, known above all for his work as an engraver. Born in Orani, he was able to portray Sardinia through intense and realistic images inspired by everyday life, popular traditions, and the rural world of the island. His graphic work, particularly his…
Remo Branca was born in Sassari into a wealthy family on May 4, 1897. He completed his studies in his hometown, earning a law degree in 1921. Despite his scientific and legal education, he had a boundless love for art, particularly engraving. Even as a high school student in Sassari, he was drawn to painting…
Anna Marongiu Pernis (Cagliari 1907 – Ostia 1941) was a multifaceted Sardinian artist, known for her work as a painter, engraver, and illustrator. One of the most interesting figures in Italian graphic art in the 1930s, she studied with Carlo Alberto Petrucci, director of the Calcografia Nazionale in Rome, specializing in the technique of etching,…