Angeli Franco

Franco Angeli (Rome, 1935–1988) was one of the protagonists of the new postwar Italian painting movement. Self-taught, he approached art in the late 1950s, coming into contact with the artists of the so-called "School of Piazza del Popolo," developing a personal approach close to Pop Art yet deeply rooted in history and politics.

His works are characterized by the use of strong, recognizable symbols—eagles, swastikas, stars, and crescent moons—often veiled by gauze or layers of color, creating suspended, memory-laden images. He exhibited in major galleries and participated several times in the Venice Biennale, establishing himself as one of the most significant figures in Italian art of the 1960s and 1970s.