Aldo Carpi
Born in Milan in 1886, Aldo Carpi began his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1906, under the guidance of Cesare Tallone, Giuseppe Mentessi and Achille Cattaneo.
He was an infantry major in the first world war. In 1925 he was awarded the Premio Principe Umberto at the Biennale of the Brera; in 1930 he was appointed to the Chair of painting at the Academy, and was its Director from 1945 to 1958.
In 1937 he won the Gold Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.
Denounced as an anti-fascist in 1944, he was deported first to Mauthausen and later to Gusen, where he completed a series of drawings.
In Milan he designed stained glass windows for the Cathedral, the basilica of San Simpliciano and the church of the nuns of the Sacred Heart, and also frescoes for the church of Santa Maria del Suffragio.
A leading figure in the artistic and intellectual life of Milan, he died in 1973.
