Carlo Battaglia (1933-2005) was an Italian artist whose paintings were often subdued and filled with blue, gray, and pink hues. His later work, mostly created in solitude, reflected themes of the sea. Mountains, differing textures of water, horizon lines, and various weather were captured in analytic seascapes.

Born in La Maddalena, Sardinia, Carlo Battaglia studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, where he wrote his thesis on Jackson Pollock. After serving in the Air Force, he moved Paris, then New York City, where he deepened friendships with artists like Mark Rothko. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale and Palazzo Grassi in Venice, as well as the Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Hayward Gallery, London, and the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington.