Born in
Rome on 28 January 1927, Achille Perilli attended classical secondary school and earned a degree in literature with a thesis on
Giorgio de Chirico. After
World War II, he founded the group
Forma 1 alongside
Carla Accardi,
Ugo Attardi,
Pietro Consagra, , and
Giulio Turcato. He was a master in abstractionism, as seen in his exhibitions at the
Venice Biennale in 1952, 1958, 1962, and 1968. From 1948 to 1986, he participated in the
Rome Quadriennale on five separate occasions. From 1963 to 1964, he participated in the touring exhibition ''Peintures italiennes d'aujourd'hui'' in Beyrouth, Damas, Teheran, Ankara and Tunis. In 1995, he became a member of the
Accademia di San Luca and received the award from the President of the Republic of Italy
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro in 1997. Perilli died in
Orvieto on 16 October 2021. ==References==