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Lucio Fontana

Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968) was active/lived in France, Argentina.  Lucio Fontana is known for Slashed canvas expressionist work, found object assemblage.

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Lucio Fontana (19 February 1899 - 7 September 1968) was an Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor.  He was mostly known as the founder of Spatialism and his ties to Arte Povera.

Born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina of Italian parents, Fontana spent the first years of his life in Italy and came back to Argentina in 1905, where he stayed until 1922, working as a sculptor along with his father, and then on his own.

In 1927 he returned to Italy and studied under the sculptor Adolfo Wildt, at Accademia di Brera from 1928 to 1930.  It was there where he presented his first exhibition in 1930, organized by the Milano art gallery Il Milione.  During the following decade he journeyed Italy and France, working with abstract and expressionist painters.  In 1935 he joined the association Abstraction-Création in Paris and from 1936 to 1949 made expressionnist sculptures in ceramic and bronze.

In 1940 he returned to Argentina.  In   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4989 characters.]  Artist bio

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Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio , 1964

Lucio Fontana

Lot 15B
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CONCETTO SPAZIALE, LA FINE DI DIO , 1963

Lucio Fontana

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Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio , 1964

Lucio Fontana

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Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (Estimate upon Request) , 1963

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Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio , 1963

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Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio , 1963

Lucio Fontana

Lot 131
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