Enrico Baj
Biography1924 - 20031 artwork for sale
About the artist
Enrico Baj was an Italian artist and writer on art. Many of his works show an obsession with nuclear war. In 1951 he founded the Arte nucleare movement with Sergio Dangelo, which unlike abstract art was very poitical. He was close to the Surrealist and Dada movements and was later associated with CoBrA. He made numerous works using motifs froom other artists, from Leonardo da Vinci to Picasso. As... Read moreEnrico Baj was an Italian artist and writer on art. Many of his works show an obsession with nuclear war. In 1951 he founded the Arte nucleare movement with Sergio Dangelo, which unlike abstract art was very poitical. He was close to the Surrealist and Dada movements and was later associated with CoBrA. He made numerous works using motifs froom other artists, from Leonardo da Vinci to Picasso. As an author he has been described as a leading promoter of the avant-garde. His work continued to be political. In his last years he created a series of paintings in protest of the election of Berlusconi.
