Alfredo Catarsini 1899 ETS Foundation - 2

Alfredo Catarsini 1899 ETS Foundation was founded on June 29, 2020, on the initiative of the granddaughter Elena Anna Rita Martinelli and her husband Gianvittorio Serralunga, in memory of their mother Mity Catarsini, daughter of the Artist.

It studies, protects and enhances the intellectual and artistic work of Maestro Alfredo Catarsini, in his multifaceted activity as a painter, writer, critic and animator of cultural proposals, through exhibitions, conferences and many other cultural activities, such as the Catarsini Award for the enhancement of young talents.

The Foundation is committed to the preservation of the historical archive and the Atelier Alfredo Catarsini in the Villa Museo Paolina Bonaparte in Viareggio and to promoting, with initiatives of inclusion, social integration, accessibility to places of culture and art and the enhancement of the historical-artistic, landscape and food and wine context of the places where the artist worked and which preserve the memory of his production. Inspired by the principles of the Third Sector, the Foundation specializes in the reinterpretation of the image and in descriptions adapted for audio guides aimed at everyone and in particular at people with visual disabilities. The Path The places of Catarsini, the only one in Italy that is also entirely accessible to them, is the practical demonstration of this.