Antonio Cardile (1914–1986) was an Italian painter belonging to the modern movement of the Scuola romana (Roman School of Painting).
Biography Cardile was born in Taranto, but in 1925 moved with his family to Florence. Graduating from the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze with Felice Carena and the engraver Celestino Celestini, he initially exhibited at the Mostre Sindacali. During World War II, after a painful war imprisonment, he returned to Rome where he immediately joined the Roman School of Painting. In the last years of his life, he introduced his nephew Joseph Pace to the figurative arts.Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo, 2010Intervista a Joseph Pace: una vita raccontata, introduzione di Giampiero del Pozzo, Quattrocchi Lavinio Arte, pagg. 17 and 18, 2012, Anzio, Italia
Giovanni Omiccioli describes the artist in this way:Omiccioli, Giovanni - Bollettino "La Tartaruga" – Roma, maggio 1955.
Corrado Cagli said of him:Cagli, Corrado - Bollettino "La Tartaruga" – Roma, maggio 1955.
From 1936 Cardile was present with significant one-man shows to the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome and in other prestigious Roman galleries, such as "La Tartaruga". He also took part in group expositions with Pirandello, Guttuso, De Chirico, Luigi Capogrossi, Domenico Purificato, Giulio Turcato and Salvatore Greco.
He continued to work in Rome until his death in 1986.
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Bibliography 2009 — Equitazione & Ambiente Arte, Antonio Cardile, by Joseph Pace Filtranisme — Rome, Italy 2008 — Joseph Pace: L'irremovibilità della memoria, by Mariastella Margozzi, Centro d'Arte La Bitta, Rome, Italy 2006 — Quattrocchi su Roma, Antonio Cardile, Artiste della Scuola Romana, by Marcello Paris e Joseph Pace Filtranisme — Rome, Italy 1955 — Bollettino La Tartaruga, by Corrado Cagli — Rome, Italy 1955 — Bollettino La Tartaruga, by Giovanni Omiccioli — Rome, Italy 1951 — Antonio Cardile, by Carlo Innamorati, Rome, Italy
External links Official Web Site Pinacoteca di Cesena Pinacoteca di Cesena Antonio Cardile, Wikipedia IT VI Quadriennale Nazionale d'Arte di Roma - 1951