Angelo Canevari

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAngelo Raffaele•Canevari
Used nameAngelo•Canevari
Born7 June 1901 in Viterbo, Viterbo (ITA)
Died15 September 1955 in Viterbo, Viterbo (ITA)
NOC Italy

Biography

Angelo and Silvio Canevari were brothers, and Angelo was also the uncle of Silvio’s son Veniero. Veniero later became a well-known painter. Angelo studied at the Academy in Roma and later worked as a painter, illustrator, and creator of murals and theater and film stage sets. In 1923 he began as an illustrator for the fascist weekly “La Rocca”. He mainly illustrated books, designed posters, and was known as a futurist painter. He was the father of Angelo Enrico, aka “Bido”, an artist, sculptor and set designer; his grandson was Paolo Canevari, a contemporary conceptual artist famous in Italy, whose works are also shown at MoMA. In 1936 in Berlin, Angelo submitted his designs for the mosaics Nuoto and Atletica for the indoor swimming pool on the Foro Mussolini.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions ITA Angelo Canevari
Painting, Drawings And Water Colors, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Drawings And Water Colors, Open (Olympic) AC

Olympic family relations