[SCUOLA MAZZON] CESANA Fiorella. LA GIRAFFA, 1953. Oil on isorel. Monogrammed SC lower right. 700 x 495 mm A founding member of the MAC group (Mouvement pour un Art Concret) in 1948, Galliano Mazzon, an art teacher at the Alfredo Panzini school in Milan, began presenting his students' work to the public in 1950. His first exhibition was held at the Galerie Bompiani in Milan in December 1950. Many others followed, notably outside Italy: twice at La Hune in 1953 and 1955, and at the Moma in New York in 1955. The pupils of Mazzon, an art teacher at the Lyceum [secondary school] Panzani in Milan, had a common style: Gabriella Granata (aged fourteen) painted her cat waking up, just as Fiorella Cesana (aged thirteen) did her own portrait: "Moi, quand je suis fâchée" ("Me, when I'm angry"): clean flat tints, bands of gold and silver, the right use of harsh colours. This childlike art, with no tenderness - only a giraffe is graceful - is what appeals to grown-ups (1)". Des dessins d'enfants aux Tarots de Saint-Germain des Prés, Le Monde, 23 October 1953. Exhibitions : - La Scuola Mazzon de Milan, La Hune, Paris, 1953. - Paintings by Italian children, Moma, New-York, 1955, n°26, label on back.