I mosaici di Felice Casorati

This paper aims to present for the first time an overview of the mosaics created during the twentieth century by the artist Felice Casorati (1883-1963), a painter who established himself in the Biennials and exhibitions of Ca ‘Pesaro in Venice and then became one of the greatest exponents of Magic Realism in Italy. Alongside the already well-known pictorial production, the right emphasis has not yet been given to his activity as a mosaic artist, also due to the destruction of many of these creations. Critics still took little account of these works, which instead had a wide resonance at the time, especially because they had been commissioned and exhibited on the occasion of major events under the fascist regime. Some emblematic cases will therefore be examined in depth, such as the mosaics for the Milan Triennale in 1936 and the one for the Italian pavilion set up as part of the Universal Exhibition in Brussels in 1935. Indeed, the 1930s were characterized by the rebirth of mosaic that regains vigor among the artists, by virtue of the new modes of representation that favor polymateriality and the rediscovery of ancient techniques.