Antonio Perleamo was a surrealist painter and poet and amateur anthropologist who was an associate and contemporary of Dadaist Raoul Haussman (1896-1991). Exiled from his homeland of Italy due to
his unconventional lifestyle and ‘degenerate art,’ Perleamo settled in the Balearic Island of Ibiza in 1933.
Much of Perleamo’s work, including his many paintings and sketches and his copious research into local customs was destroyed in 1936 when he was forced to flee the Island. Some historians believe he renounced art altogether after 1936 and settled in one of the Nordic countries, while a local legend has it that he returned, once again, in 1938 but was never
seen again.
his unconventional lifestyle and ‘degenerate art,’ Perleamo settled in the Balearic Island of Ibiza in 1933.
Much of Perleamo’s work, including his many paintings and sketches and his copious research into local customs was destroyed in 1936 when he was forced to flee the Island. Some historians believe he renounced art altogether after 1936 and settled in one of the Nordic countries, while a local legend has it that he returned, once again, in 1938 but was never
seen again.