Baj

Enrico Baj born in Milan in 1924, takes up painting at the age of fourteen. In his works he always experimented with various techniques: form paint "drippings", to tapestry collages, padding, glass and passementerie, broken and recomposed mirrors, Lego and Meccano assemblages, modifications of kitsch paintings, finally conceiving in 1960 the "generals", obtained from the use of those materials that are most congenial to him (medals, decorations, fringes, gallons etc.) He exhibited in the most important galleries of the world and his works are on display in the most prestigious museums. In 1972 he executed the first of his large scale works: The Funerals of the Anarchist Pinelli (12 x  4 metres) dedicated to the railway worker who "fell" from the fourth floor of Milan's  police headquarters in the night of the 15th December 1969. Enrico Baj died in Vergiate on the 16th June 2003.