Early Life and Career
Sassone was born in Campi Bisenzio (Florence), Italy on July 27, 1942 during World War II. A childhood encounter with a homeless man in Campi Bisenzio first inspired the artist's lifelong interest in marginalized people and places in society. In 1950 he moved to Florence and attended the school Nicolò Machiavelli where he studied life drawings under professor Ugo Maturo; he attended then the Instituto Galileo Galilei where he met Silvio Loffredo, an important figurative painter, himself the pupil of Austrian master Oskar Kokoschka. He began exhibiting his work in numerous exhibitions in Italy including Galleria Mentana and Lo Sprone Art Centre in Florence. His personal experience of the destruction of the city of Florence during the flood of 1966 left a lasting impression that can be seen in his work, throughout his career.
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