Collezione Calderara

The Gruppo Credito Valtellinese Gallery is happy to present in its rooms at the Refettorio delle Stelline this exhibition dedicated to the Calderara Collection. The Calderara Collection, originally set up by the painter Antonio Calderara (Abbiategrasso 1903 – Vacciago di Ameno 1978) in his own 18th Century home studio in Vacciago (Lake Orta), is made up of 327 contemporary paintings and sculptures of which 56 are by Antonio himself and 271 by more than a hundred European and non-European artists.
The selection hosted by the Gallery offers a wide record of the international avantgardes of the ’50s and ’60s with particular attention to geometric abstraction, kinetic art, optical art and visual poetry. Many of the paintings and sculptures show a clear “affinity” with the works of their owner: a choice due to the constant and affectionate relationship between Calderara and a lot of artists who arrived at his retreat in Vacciago and who often exchanged their own works with the ones by their friend and colleague