Lucio Fontana
1899
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1968
Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)
Lucio Fontana was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstract painting as the first known artist to slash his canvases – which symbolizes an utter rejection of all prerequisites of art.