Giorgio Morandi

1890–1964

Giorgio Morandi, ‘Still Life’ 1960
Still Life 1960
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Biography

Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety in depicting apparently simple subjects, which were limited mainly to vases, bottles, bowls, flowers and landscapes.

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    Sean Scully on Giorgio Morandi

    Sean Scully uses his essay Giorgio Morandi: Resistance and Persistence, published by Merrell, as a starting point to describe links …

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    Il Novecento Italiano

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    Stephanie Straine

    This article considers one work on paper by Vija Celmins in the ARTIST ROOMS collection: Untitled (Desert–Galaxy) 1974. In a …

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    Thinking drawing: Vija Celmins

    Simon Grant1 and Vija Celmins

    Vija Celmins was born in Latvia in 1938, fled with her family to Germany in advance of the Soviet army …

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