(AGENPARL) – Rome, 15 June 2024
(AGENPARL) – Sat 15 June 2024 Student of Zigaina, known for his production in the field of sacred art
THE ARCHIVE OF THE FRIULAN ARTIST ARRIGO POZ
DONATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF UDINE
Entrusted to the IT Laboratory for historical-artistic documentation
of the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage
Udine, 15 June 2024 – The archive of the Friulian painter Arrigo Poz (Porpetto, 1929 – Risano,
2015) was donated to the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage
of the University of Udine. The archive holds projects, drawings, letters and documents from over
fifty years of activity. According to the will of the daughters Alessandra, Annamaria and Donatella
the Poz archive, known in particular for its important production in the field of sacred art, will be a
available for research and teaching activities. It will also be possible to consult the materials
on reservation. The archive was entrusted to the IT Laboratory for documentation
artistic historian (Lida) to also be valorised in the internship activities organized by Martina
Visentin, head of the laboratory.
«The University – explains the president of the Artistic Heritage Commission of the Friulian University,
Alessandro Del Puppo – already owned “Friuli, una sera e poi…” by maestro Poz from 1977,
an important portfolio of lithographs dedicated to the earthquake and reconstruction, today entirely on display
in the Gusmani room of Palazzo Antonini following the artist’s donation on the occasion of
thirty years of the University. The acquisition of the archive is a far-sighted and generous act that
will allow us to start studies and research on the topic of sacred art and post-conciliar iconography which the
maestro made a decisive contribution in the second half of the twentieth century.”
Arrigo Poz was born in Castello di Porpetto on 2 July 1929. In 1946 he met Giuseppe Zigaina and for
he frequented his studio for five years; he adheres to neorealism and participates in the cultural meetings of
young Friulian intellectuals held in Vicolo Florio in Udine. In 1948 he entered the artistic high school of
Venice, then appearing for the private exam. In 1950 he presented his first solo exhibition
Palmanova. In 1960 he moved with his family to Udine, creating paintings, stained glass windows and mosaics for
the churches of the region. He died in Risano in 2015.
