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    PIERO FORNASETTI

    Aug 18, 2019 2 minutes

    Forever seeking fresh ideas, Milanese painter, sculptor and interior decorator Piero Fornasetti was leafing through a 19th-century magazine in 1951 when an image stopped him in his tracks. Staring at him in sepia was an Italian opera singer, Lina Cavalieri. As enigmatic as the , the diva, with her cool impassivity and flawless complexion, captivated him –

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