Italian art critic Antonio Del Guercio dies at 94

Key facts

• Antonio Del Guercio died in Rome at age 94 after a long illness.
• He was born in Paris in 1923.
• He earned a degree in Modern Literature at La Sapienza University in Rome.
• He contributed to French journals including Opus International, Chroniques de l'art vivant, Vingtième Siècle, and Les Cahiers du musée national d'art moderne.
• He obtained his first professorship in Art History at the Albertina Academy in Turin in 1963.
• He taught at universities in Lecce and Florence, becoming a full professor of contemporary art history.
• He was a visiting professor at Canadian and French universities.
• His book Géricault (1963) revived interest in the French artist.
• Parigi 1750-1950 – Arte e critica d'arte nel centro della modernità was reissued in an expanded edition in 2015.
• He curated John Heartfield dada in Rome (1967) and Renato Guttuso at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1971).
• He served on the curatorial committee for the Venice Biennale in 1978.
• In 1985, he worked on L'Italie aujourd'hui – Regards croisés sur la peinture in Nice with Achille Bonito Oliva, Maurizio Calvesi, and Filiberto Menna.
• In 1998, he coordinated the Franco-Italian scientific committee for the exhibition Il futuro alle spalle at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.
• Professor Francesco Galluzzi described Del Guercio's ability to combine militant criticism with a broad historical perspective.