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Item # FA-028
Mario
Russo, (Italian
1925 - 2000) "Clown
Teritto" Oil on canvas 21" x 32", Signed and dated LR "M. Russo 54"
also titled and dated on the back "clown teritto 1954". Mario
Russo, a painter, illustrator and graphic artist, born in
Naples in 1925. In 1948 he graduated from the
Art Institute of Naples. In 1950 he moved
to Rome in the Trastevere neighborhood. In these years he started participating in
exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Between 1973
and 1974 he traveled all over Italy. In 1977 he started
painting and exhibiting in Canada and in 1984 he made several
paintings that relate to the Chinese and Japanese theater. In 1985 he devoted himself to studies and
construction of major works inspired by the world of Fellini's
films and characters. In 1992 he produced a
retrospective at the Palazzo Braschi. He died in Rome on March 7, 2000. Inquire |
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