 He then made his debut in 1949 at the Galleria Annunciata, Milan, with landscapes set in the Po Valley.Contact with Art Informel in Paris in the 1950s led to a move towards non-figurative painting.He took part in the 6th Rome Quadrenniale in 1951 and the Venice Biennale of 1956, where he was awarded the prize for a young artist at the 18th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Città di Venezia.