Bruno Capacci
Italian, 1906 - 1996
Bruno Capacci (1906–1996) was an Italian painter and ceramicist born in Venice and raised in Florence.
In 1930 he moved to Paris and joined the group “Les Italiens de Paris.” He developed a metaphysical and surrealistic style influenced by Giorgio de Chirico and the Italian Renaissance masters.
Invited in 1947 by André Breton to the International Surrealist Exhibition at Galerie Maeght (Paris), his work featured poetic imagery, lunar figures and fantastical creatures.
In the 1950s in Florence he expanded into ceramics, mosaics and porcelain—his interest in materials extending to marble and encrustations inspired by Etruscan and Byzantine art. Later he returned to Brussels, where he lived until his death in 1996.
Capacci’s multidisciplinary practice bridged painting, ceramics and poetic exploration, leaving a distinctive mark on 20th-century European art.
In 1930 he moved to Paris and joined the group “Les Italiens de Paris.” He developed a metaphysical and surrealistic style influenced by Giorgio de Chirico and the Italian Renaissance masters.
Invited in 1947 by André Breton to the International Surrealist Exhibition at Galerie Maeght (Paris), his work featured poetic imagery, lunar figures and fantastical creatures.
In the 1950s in Florence he expanded into ceramics, mosaics and porcelain—his interest in materials extending to marble and encrustations inspired by Etruscan and Byzantine art. Later he returned to Brussels, where he lived until his death in 1996.
Capacci’s multidisciplinary practice bridged painting, ceramics and poetic exploration, leaving a distinctive mark on 20th-century European art.
