Achille Perilli
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"Gruppo Forma 1": Pietro Consagra, Mino Guerrini, Ugo Attardi, Carla Accardi, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Piero Dorazio (Rome, 1947)
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| Born | 28 January 1927
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
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| Died | 16 October 2021(2021-10-16) (aged 94)
Orvieto, Italy
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Painter Sculptor |
Achille Perilli (28 January 1927 – 16 October 2021) was an Italian painter and sculptor.[1]
Born in Rome on 28 January 1927, Achille Perilli attended classical secondary school and earned a degree in literature with a thesis on Giorgio de Chirico. After World War II, he founded the group Forma 1 alongside Carla Accardi, Ugo Attardi, Pietro Consagra, Antonio Sanfilippo [it], and Giulio Turcato. He was a master in abstractionism, as seen in his exhibitions at the Venice Biennale in 1952, 1958, 1962, and 1968.[2][3] From 1948 to 1986, he participated in the Rome Quadriennale on five separate occasions.[4] From 1963 to 1964, he participated in the touring exhibition Peintures italiennes d'aujourd'hui in Beyrouth, Damas, Teheran, Ankara and Tunis.[5] In 1995, he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca and received the award from the President of the Republic of Italy Oscar Luigi Scalfaro in 1997.[6]
Perilli died in Orvieto on 16 October 2021.[7]
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