SESTO Cremonese – Farewell to the Cremonese artist Guglielmo Aschieri. Every last one has fought against a ruthless evil which had affected him a handful of months ago losing his battle.
Born seventy years ago in Sestocountry in which the mother the light he had run a stationery shop for a long time, he had long established himself in Milanesewhere in addition to professional activity as talented and well-known painter internationallyhad also embarked on a career as teaching.
In the 1980s there were two main figures who inspired and trained him: the art critic They hide in Germanwhich through the courses held at Polytechnic of Milan passed on to him his initial passion forPoor Art and the artist, curator and collector Corrado Leviwho, struck by his talent, had invited him to participate in their exhibition project entitled «The Changeling»al PAC of Milanalongside other notable personalities such as Carla Accardi, Stefano Arienti, Filippo De Pisis, Francis Picabia, Mario Schifano e Giulio Paolini.
Oil painting on sheet metal
In the 1991 Aschieri had begun a long collaboration with the gallery owner from Bari Pasquale Leccesewhich he managed Le Case d’Artea well-known Milanese gallery in Via Col di Lana. Two years later he inaugurated a memorable solo exhibition entitled “Inanimate”at the prestigious Raucci and Santamaria Gallery. In the 1996 it will be instead Monika Sprüthan established promoter of contemporary art, to consecrate him on the international market, with an exhibition dedicated to him at the Monika Sprüth Galerie in Cologne in Germany.
In Cremona he had retained many friends. Like the one with Eugenio Manganofounder of the art gallery of the same name that defines him «a talented artist and a great friend, an extraordinary interpreter of sixteenth-century naturalism and an excellent professional of techniques and styles of art history».
The body of Guglielmo Aschieri will be buried in family tomb at the Sesto cemetery Friday morningwhere it will arrive from Milan around 10.30.
Leave in pain the brother Mario with his family and cousins, starting with Sergio Cofferatiformer national secretary of the CGIL and former mayor of Bologna and European parliamentarian who remembers him thus: «The pain is great – he notes – because he and his brother Mario were the cousins I hung out with the most; Guglielmo had this very high artistic vocation, he made very beautiful works, for which he had gained the visibility and respect due precisely to his competence and talent; he combined his commitment to making others learn with the ability to create original paintings, the fruit of his imagination and great skill. For all of us it is a very serious loss.”
