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Born 1952 Naples, Italy. Known for: Mod figure, abstraction, graphics.
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:Francesco Clemente was born in Naples, Italy, the only child born to prosperous... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:Francesco Clemente was born in Naples, Italy, the only child born to prosperous parents. His father was a judge, and he recalls his upbringing as "solitary". A self-taught painter, he... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:Francesco Clemente was born in Naples, Italy, the only child born to prosperous parents. His father was a judge, and he recalls his upbringing as "solitary". A self-taught painter, he began making art at the age of eight and became involved with contemporary art in Rome in the late 1960s. In 1970 he moved to Rome to study architecture, then left school and spent much of the decade... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:Francesco Clemente was born in Naples, Italy, the only child born to prosperous parents. His father was a judge, and he recalls his upbringing as "solitary". A self-taught painter, he began making art at the age of eight and became involved with contemporary art in Rome in the late 1960s. In 1970 he moved to Rome to study architecture, then left school and spent much of the decade traveling in India and Afghanistan with friend and early mentor Alighiero Boetti, an artist associated with the Arte Povera movement and Alba Primicieri, whom he subsequently married. Much of his time in the 70s was spent studying the occult and a... Read full biography
The following was written and compiled by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California:Francesco Clemente was born in Naples, Italy, the only child born to prosperous parents. His father was a judge, and he recalls his upbringing as "solitary". A self-taught painter, he began making art at the age of eight and became involved with contemporary art in Rome in the late 1960s. In 1970 he moved to Rome to study architecture, then left school and spent much of the decade traveling in India and Afghanistan with friend and early mentor Alighiero Boetti, an artist associated with the Arte Povera movement and Alba Primicieri, whom he subsequently married. Much of his time in the 70s was spent studying the occult and a wide range of philosophies. Cy Twombly and Joseph Beuys were also influences on him during those years. When he... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mythology, Legends
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •UBS-Paine Webber Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale