Titina Maselli

Titina Maselli was born in Rome on April 11, 1924 by Ercole Labroca, a well-known art critic in Rome, and Elena Labroca. In 1948 she had her first personal exhibition presented by Corrado Alvaro at the Galleria l’Obelisco in Rome. From then on Titina Maselli takes part in major national exhibitions, such as the Venice Biennale of Art (various editions, from 1950 to 1995) and the Quadrennial of Rome (various editions, from 1951 to 2000). In 1952 he moved to New York and, driven by the great fascination for the American metropolis, matured reasons already started – such as the urban landscape, the representations of boxers or footballers – reaching a new expressive force. Since 1955 there are several stays in European capitals, between 1955 and 1958 is in Austria, then return to Rome and leave it again in 1970 at a time of Paris. Among the major exhibitions include personal gallery Durlacher in New York (1953 and 1955), the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (1972), the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris (1975), the Kunstamt Kreuzberg in Berlin (1979), the Art Gallery and Museums Municipal Macerata (1985), the House of Mantegna in Mantua (1991), Galleria Giulia in Rome (1998) and the Italian Cultural Institute in Strasbourg (1998). Maselli has also conducted an intense activity as a set designer, working mainly for French (Maria Stuart, Avignon Festival, 1983) and German theaters (Six Characters in Search of an Author, Berlin, Freie Volksbühne, 1981).