EMPTY LABEL
His birth in Spezia, Genoa, in 1900; quits elementary school; publishes his first book at 17; chief editor of "Il Secolo" newspaper; quits journalism to work in art galleries; his coming to Brazil in 1946; getting acquainted with Assis Chateaubriand; his friendship with Portinari; Portinari's exhibition at the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo/MASP in 1948; foundation of the MASP; his correspondence with Portinari and Maria; Portinari and the Bienal de São Paulo; the amateurism of the Bienal de São Paulo; Ciccilo Matarazzo boycotts Lasar Segall; fraud in the election of Portinari to the Senate; Portinari's "Biblical Series"; the MASP collection; the optimism about Brazil; the importance of Assis Chateaubriand for the MASP; the duo Bardi/Assis Chateaubriand; construction of the MASP; Portinari's exhibition at the MASP in 1970; the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation/FAAP; "Mirante da Artes" magazine; his quarrel with the editor of the "Estado de S. Paulo" newspaper; the MASP collection is shown at the Musée de L'Orangerie, in 1953; Portinari nominated for the Hallmark Prize in New York; Bardi praises Portinari as a social painter.
