# Mario Tozzi

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Italian painter

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Mario Tozzi Born (1895-10-30)30 October 1895 Fossombrone, Italy Died 8 September 1979(1979-09-08) (aged 83) Saint-Jean-du-Gard, France Known for Painting

**Mario Tozzi** (30 October 1895 – 8 September 1979) was an Italian painter. He was awarded the [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) by the French government.[1]

## Biography

Tozzi studied at the [Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna](/source/Accademia_di_Belle_Arti_di_Bologna) in Italy where he met [Giorgio Morandi](/source/Giorgio_Morandi) and [Osvaldo Licini](/source/Osvaldo_Licini). He graduated in 1916.

After the First World War, he moved to Paris, France and founded the *Groupe des Sept* (also known as *Les Italiens de Paris*) with [Massimo Campigli](/source/Massimo_Campigli), [Giorgio de Chirico](/source/Giorgio_de_Chirico), [Filippo De Pisis](/source/Filippo_De_Pisis), [Renato Paresce](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Paresce), [Alberto Savinio](/source/Alberto_Savinio) and [Gino Severini](/source/Gino_Severini).

Tozzi returned to Rome in 1936. His work was exhibited at the [Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale) in 1938, 1942, 1948, 1952 and 1954.

He returned to France in 1971, dying there in 1979.

A catalogue raisonné of his paintings was published In 1988 by Giorgio Mondadori Editore and edited by Marilena Pasquali.[1]

## Public collections

- [Centre Georges Pompidou](/source/Centre_Pompidou), Paris, France

- [Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts_of_Lyon), Lyon, France

- [Museum of Fine Arts Bern](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Bern), Bern, Switzerland

- [Pushkin Museum](/source/Pushkin_Museum), Moscow, Russia

- [Museo del Novecento](/source/Museo_del_Novecento), Milan, Italy

- [Bologna Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museo_d'Arte_Moderna_di_Bologna), Bologna, Italy

- [Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna](/source/Galleria_Nazionale_d'Arte_Moderna), Rome, Italy

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Pasquali_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Pasquali_1-1) Marilena Pasquali, ed. (1988). *Catalogo Ragionato Generale dei Dipinti di Mario Tozzi*. Milano: Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-374-1030-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-374-1030-8).

## Further reading

- Carli, Enzo (1976). *Tozzi*. Bolaffi.

- Pasquali, Marilena (1995). *Mario Tozzi 1895-1979*. Milano: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta.

- Verdet, André (1978). *Les Enchantements de Mario Tozzi*. Paris: Editions Galilée.

## External links

- [Archives of the Works of Mario Tozzi](http://www.mariotozzi.it/)

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