Collector
He began collecting abstract art at an early age by artists such as Giuseppe Santomaso, Giulio Turcato, Emilio Vedova, and Renato Birolli. A friendship with fellow Brescian Pietro Feroldi, including exposure to Feroldi's impressive art collection, provided a stepping stone to extensive travels visiting Europe's modern galleries and museums.
His collection grew rapidly, adding works from School of Paris figures, Dubuffet, Brauner, Jorn, Baumeister, Matta, Dominguez and others. Over two dozen of his collected holdings were included in the 1955 first documenta exhibition of modern and Contemporary art. 1957 brought a showcase of over 180 of his works at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, Italy.
Cavellini's obsession with collecting never ceased, though his holdings changed continuously as he sold earlier acquisitions.
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