Umberto Mastroianni (1910–1998) was a pioneering Italian modernist whose cast-bronze sculptures evolved from classical figurative busts into dynamic, fractured abstractions. Fusing Futurist velocity with Cubist deconstruction, his monumental public works frequently confronted the trauma of World War II and celebrated the resilience of the human spirit. Following the war, Mastroianni abandoned st…

Provenance

Tom Constanine Gallery, Oxford, UK; Private collection, Sydney