MARE CRISTALLINO 1975

CRYSTAL SEA, c. 1975/c. 1977
MARE CRISTALLINO
Vitreous enamel steel painting
40 x 30 cm
Inventory number: CA-257

MASCHERA MARINA / ANTROPOMORFO 1973

MARINE MASK / ANTROPOMORPH, c. 1973/1977
MASCHERA MARINA / ANTROPOMORFO
Vitreous enamel steel painting
100 x 70 cm
Inventory number: CA-138
Exhibition history: 1986 VIII International Biennale of Limoges

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Oliviero Leonardi

Italy

https://oliviero-leonardi.com/

Oliviero Leonardi (1921 – 2019) was an Italian painter and sculptor based in Rome. He was largely recognized in the 1970/80s as one of the leaders in painting with experimental materials on steel plates baked in ovens at high fire (at 900 degrees Celsius). He was technically using an innovative form of vitreous enamel painting as artistic medium, using his own mixtures of oxides and materials for enamel, such as volcanic ash. He was passionate about the themes of procreation, space, life forces, and at the same time the primordial.

In the 1970/80s, his works were studied by important art historians and critics like Carlo Giulio Argan or Elio Mercuri, and many international experts on Modern or Early Modern art, like Rene Hocke. He had more than 25 collective and solo exhibitions in major art galleries in Italy, France, Spain.