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biography
Alberto Sughi was an Italian painter born in Cesena in 1928 and died in Bologna in 2012. A self-taught artist, he approached painting thanks to his uncle, from whom he received his first technical instruction, and he made his debut as a painter in a group exhibition in Cesena in 1946. In the postwar years, his work developed within a strong interest in realism and the human condition, making him one of the most important figures in 20th-century Italian art.
His artistic path began in his native Cesena, where he met Giovanni Cappelli and Luciano Caldari, with whom he helped create the so-called Scuola Cesenate. He later moved to Rome, where he came into contact with Renato Guttuso, and in the 1980s he returned permanently to the capital, also engaging with cultural and film circles linked to directors such as Mario Monicelli and Ettore Scola. His work is often associated with the realist movement and with a deep reflection on everyday life, memory, and the solitude of modern ???????.
From the 1960s onward, he produced major pictorial cycles including Il quotidiano nella città, Cena, Immaginazione e memoria della famiglia, Il teatro d’Italia, La sera, and Notturno. In these series he explored themes such as urban existence, the bourgeois world, family life, and the nocturnal dimension of inner experience, building a highly personal and recognizable visual language. His research secured him an important place in 20th-century Italian painting.
In 2005, the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi awarded him the Vittorio De Sica Prize for Culture. Alberto Sughi is now remembered as a key figure in Italian realism, capable of combining formal rigor, narrative intensity, and close attention to social and human reality.
His artistic path began in his native Cesena, where he met Giovanni Cappelli and Luciano Caldari, with whom he helped create the so-called Scuola Cesenate. He later moved to Rome, where he came into contact with Renato Guttuso, and in the 1980s he returned permanently to the capital, also engaging with cultural and film circles linked to directors such as Mario Monicelli and Ettore Scola. His work is often associated with the realist movement and with a deep reflection on everyday life, memory, and the solitude of modern ???????.
From the 1960s onward, he produced major pictorial cycles including Il quotidiano nella città, Cena, Immaginazione e memoria della famiglia, Il teatro d’Italia, La sera, and Notturno. In these series he explored themes such as urban existence, the bourgeois world, family life, and the nocturnal dimension of inner experience, building a highly personal and recognizable visual language. His research secured him an important place in 20th-century Italian painting.
In 2005, the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi awarded him the Vittorio De Sica Prize for Culture. Alberto Sughi is now remembered as a key figure in Italian realism, capable of combining formal rigor, narrative intensity, and close attention to social and human reality.
Past lots of Alberto Sughi
Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Girl at the bar
Oil on canvas. Sign "Sughi" on the lower left front.
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
IL BAR
IL BAR - Olio su tela, cm 40x50. Firma sul fronte in basso a sinistra "Sughi"
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Veduta di città dal bosco
Firma in basso a destra "Sughi". Al verso reca dedica, firma e data Olio su tela cm 60x60 - in cornice cm 82x82
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
un uomo e una donna
Firma in basso a destra Carboncino, acquarello e tempera su carta applicata su tela cm 50x70
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
In attesa del treno
Firma e data in basso a destra "Sughi '55" Olio su tela cm 30x43x5
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Episode from the life of Lauro Farioli
The work reproduces an event in the life of Lauro Farioli, one of the young demonstrators killed in the clashes with the [..]
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Lifeguard
Tempera and waxy pastels on paper
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Ritratto di fanciulla
Firma in basso a destra "Sughi". Olio su carta cm 63x54 - in cornice cm 80x70
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Ritratto
Firma in basso a destra "Sughi". Al verso reca cartiglio della galleria Pinacoteca, Roma Carboncino, pastelli e tempera [..]
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Figura di donna
Firma in basso "Sughi". Al verso etichetta della Galleria Il Sagittario, Messina
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Senza titolo
Firma "Sughi" Pastelli su base serigrafica cm 70x50 - in cornice cm 91x70
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Paesaggio
Sul fronte in basso "Alberto Sughi, Acquarellata a mano, p.d.a. III/XII".
L'opera è stata realizzata presso l'Istituto [..]
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Lotto di due acquaforti
Lotto di due acquaforti di Sughi, cm 17x17 (lastra) l'una, in cornice cm 44x39 l'una. Entrambe firmate e numerate rispettivamente [..]
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Villa Romana
Firma e numerazione "Sughi / acquarellata a mano / 84/125". Timbri a secco. Al verso etichetta dell'Istituto Poligrafico [..]
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Scena di interno con cane
Firma e numerazione "Sughi P.a."
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Scena di interno al bar
Firma e numerazione "Sughi P.A.". Litografia acquarellata a mano cm 100x70
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Scena di interno al bar 9/100 interno bar blu
Firma e numerazione "Sughi 9/100". Timbro a secco Torcular Milano. Misure in cornice cm 96x80 Acquaforte/acquatinta cm 87 [..]
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Interno con nudo di donna
Firma e numerazione Sughi XI/XXX. Misure in cornice cm 79x94 Acquaforte/acquatinta cm 65x87
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Persone al bar
Firma e numerazione "Sughi V/XX" Acquaforte/acquatinta cm 70x90
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Le amiche
Firma e numerazione "Sughi, Acquarellata a mano, XXVI/C". Misure in cornice cm 69x54 Litografia acquarellata a mano cm 60 [..]
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Interno
Firma e numerazione "Sughi 92/100" Incisione cm 50x35
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Figure sedute
Firma e numerazione "Sughi XXIX/LX" Acquaforte/acquatinta cm 54x75
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Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
La casa fra gli alberi
Firma in basso a destra "Sughi" Tecnic mista su carta intelata cm 50x70 - in cornice cm 74x94
Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Figura femminile
Firma in basso a destra "Sughi". Al verso reca etichetta "Galleria Volos, Roma" Carboncino su carta applicata su tela cm [..]
Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Il ritorno del partigiano
Firma e numerazione "Sughi p.d.a." Litografia cm 64x46
Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Ragazza allo specchio
Firma in basso al centro "Sughi". Al verso reca etichetta "Nuovo Aminta" Olio su tela cm 46x38 - in cornice cm 70x62
Alberto Sughi©
(Cesena, 1928 - Bologna, 2012)
Volto di fanciulla
Firma e numerazione "Sughi 7/100". Acquaforte cm 70x50