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Alberto Burri

Italian painter and sculptor (1915-1995).

Born March 12th, 1915 in Città di Castello. [ref]

Died February 15th, 1995 at 79 years old in Nice. [ref]

Occupations
artist, collagist, land artist, painter, pharmacist, printmaker, sculptor
Wikipedia

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche