Carlo Battaglia (28 January 1933 – 17 January 2005) was an Italian artist born from Sardinia. Born in La Maddalena, Battaglia grew up in Genoa until 1943, but returned to La Maddalena until 1947. He studied stage design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, studying under , and graduated with a thesis on Jackson Pollock in 1957. Battaglia served in the Italian Air Force from 1958–59, and in 1962 moved to Paris. In 1967, he lived in New York City, where he established friendships with Reinhardt, Motherwell and Rothko. Battaglia died on 17 January 2005.