Wits & Rebellion
M
uch against his father’s will young Fornasetti becomes a student at Milan’s Brera Academy,
one of the most renowned art schools in Italy.
Although young, Fornasetti’s self-taught approach and eclectic mindset makes for an uncompromising
character that eventually clashes with the academic limits of the traditional institution.
He is shocked to discover that he won’t be learning what he considers the centerpiece of an artist’s
education: the study of the nude. He vocally protests the approach and finally and inevitably
leaves the Academy in 1932.
“Nobody in the workshops where I went could teach me. I learned from books, lithography and etching, all this before the founding of specializing schools.” - Piero Fornasetti
“Nobody in the workshops where I went could teach me. I learned from books, lithography and etching, all this before the founding of specializing schools.” - Piero Fornasetti