Chronology

Born in Sassari on 20 April, the youngest of five children of Giuseppe Oppo and Michela Licheri. AF

Studies in Sassari, abandons plans to study Architecture outside Sardinia and graduates in Law. AF

First commendations at the “Città di Sassari” prize, in Nuoro and at the “Sardegna” national biennial prize. B Documented exhibitions

Organises the I Mostra giovanile di arti figurative Sassari–Cagliari; takes part in the III Mostra regionale d’arte. Produces the still life now recorded in the Pinacoteca di Olzai. BI Documented exhibitions

Organises “Arte oggi in Sardegna”, co-directs Galleria L’Angolo with Francesco Tanda and takes part in the exhibition on the Resistance. A contribution signed by Oppo is recorded in the Giuseppe Dessí Archive, file GD.3.1.35. BI Documented exhibitions

Serves as Professor of History and Philosophy at the G. Spano Scientific High School in Sassari; later teaches Pictorial Decoration at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Sassari. The two appointments remain distinct. AFI

Roberto Puzzu documents the formation in Sassari, with Augusto Oppo and Francesco Tanda, of a collective associated with the debate “Arte e responsabilità sociale”, active in neighbourhood interventions and in producing a series of widely circulated screenprints. BI

Cultural week and exhibition in the Latte Dolce district, within the climate of artistic and cultural interventions addressed to neighbourhoods. BI Documented exhibitions

Takes part in the L’Aquila meeting and debate Fare l’artista oggi with Nicoletta Frigerio, as part of the Officina Culturale ’77 programme. B

Takes part in worker-education activities in the Sassari area. On 16 July he attends the coordination meeting for courses for workers under the CIG 501 scheme; he also designs the cover graphics and overall layout of an educational publication linked to the courses. BI

Linea Messaggi Visivi in viale Adua, with Pierluigi Fiori: graphic art, screenprinting and visual communication. AF

ArteSmalto in via Iosto, also devoted to enamelled-metal work. AF

Servizio A. in via Mercato, with Mavanna Puliga and Mario Mura. AF

EIDOS in Muros, with Paolo Oppo, Raffaele Balzano, Piera Cossu and Steve Pais. AF

A 2022 reconstruction by Roberto Puzzu recalls Oppo in the survey Venticinque anni di ricerca artistica in Sardegna, 1957–1983; the statement remains provisional until Salvatore Naitza’s original catalogue is consulted directly. BV

Organises an international conference at the Palazzo dell’Artigianato; the title remains incomplete. BV

Illustrates Josep Vallverdú, Homes, bèsties i facècies / Uomini, bestie e facezie, a bilingual Catalan/Italian edition edited and translated by Antoni Arca for La Celere, Alghero. The date remains an interval pending inspection of the colophon. BI

Attends in Cagliari a plenary meeting of the group of intellectuals and public figures involved in Sardinian cultural and autonomy debates, within which the proposal for the future Festa del Popolo Sardo also emerged. The source does not attribute the proposal for 28 April to him. BI

Produces S. Teodoro, mixed media on panel, 50 × 70 cm. B

Teaches Pictorial Decoration at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Sassari. I

Designs the Historical Museum of the “Sassari” Brigade in Sassari’s La Marmora Barracks, with Manlio Brigaglia and Giuseppina Fois as scientific advisers. The evidence concerns the museum project, not the architectural design of the building. B

According to the Family Archive, Oppo’s company contributes to the exhibition design for Ori e Tesori dei Traci in Cagliari, Sassari and Florence. AFV

Design for the Nuragic Village in Parco di Bunnari, attributed by the Family Archive. AFV

Armonie opens at 18:30 on 15 May at the Istituto Statale d’Arte Filippo Figari in Sassari, within Public. Metamorfosi urbane. The brochure and invitation make it his latest documented exhibition participation to date. I

Dies in Sassari on 15 February. On 5 April Tonino Meloni publishes “L’ultima metamorfosi del grande Augusto Oppo”. AFB

In the interview published by Ieri Oggi Domani on 19 December, Nino Prestia judges the local recognition received by Oppo’s painting during his lifetime and after his death to have been inadequate. The judgement is attributed to Prestia; the earlier interview with Oppo mentioned in the text remains to be traced. BC

A screenprint enters the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Sassari as part of the donation of the Ruju-Piredda collection. I

By decree no. 103, the Direzione Regionale Musei Sardegna accepts the Borghetto-Porcu donation of Senza titolo (1989), mixed media, 100 × 60 cm, for the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Sassari. The €2.500 value stated in the act is administrative and not a market quotation. I