Alfredo Volpi
Birth date
April 14, 1896
Death date
April 28, 1988
Place of birth
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Profession
Acting
Age
92 years
Biography
Alfredo Volpi was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement. He was born in Lucca, Italy but, less than two years later, he was brought by his parents to São Paulo, Brazil, became a Brazilian citizen, and lived there for the majority of his life. He was one of the most important artists of the so-called Grupo Santa Helena, formed in the 1930s with Francisco Rebolo, Clóvis Graciano, Mario Zanini, Fulvio Pennacchi, and others.
