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Valerio Adami

Valerio Adami

Italy • 1935 • 614 followers
Featured in: Master Artists

Painting must above all be thought.

Nationality

Italian

Categories

Printmakers

Artistic movements

Illustration, New Figuration

Themes

Portrait, Nude, Pop Art

Biography

Valerio Adami is in Italian painter born on March 17, 1935 in the Italian city of Bologna. He is famous for his paintings with surfaces of flashy outlined by thick black lines, reminding of comics. He divides his time between France and Italy.

Adami was educated at Academy Brera in Milan between 1952 and 1954. He traveled to paris for the first time in 1955, where he met Roberto Matta. His first solo exhibition came in 1957 in Milan, with works inspired by Matta's surrealism.

In the late '60s, he became part of the Nouvelle Figuration (New Figuration) movement. Adami began to address politics in his art, and incorporated subject matter such as modern European history, literature, philosophy, and mythology. Adami's artworks were expressionistic, but around the time of his second exhibition in 1964 at Kassel, he had developed a style of painting reminiscent of French cloisonnism, featuring regions of flat colour bordered by black lines. The artist subjects were highly stylized and often presented in fragments, as seen in Telescoping Rooms.

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Print, Riding Boots, Valerio Adami

Riding Boots

Print . 152 x 72 cm Print . 59.8 x 28.3 inch

CHF 1,281

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Print, Sans-titre, Valerio Adami

Sans-titre

Print . 22 x 13.8 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.7 x 5.4 x 0 inch

CHF 246

Print, Fantasia per violino, Valerio Adami

Fantasia per violino

Print . 111 x 73 cm Print . 43.7 x 28.7 inch

CHF 838

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Fine Art Drawings, Coltelli, Valerio Adami

Coltelli

Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 36 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 14.2 inch

CHF 7,884

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Print, En Solitaire, Valerio Adami

En Solitaire

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

CHF 296

Fine Art Drawings, Richard Wagner, Valerio Adami

Richard Wagner

Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.6 inch

CHF 2,464

Fine Art Drawings, Homologia, Valerio Adami

Homologia

Fine Art Drawings . 21 x 18 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.3 x 7.1 x 0 inch

CHF 1,971

Print, Oltiero Oltieri, Valerio Adami

Oltiero Oltieri

Print . 99.1 x 69.9 cm Print . 39 x 27.5 inch

CHF 739

Print, Lire, Valerio Adami

Lire

Print . 23 x 14 cm Print . 9.1 x 5.5 inch

CHF 246

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Print, Inter ærias fagos, Valerio Adami

Inter ærias fagos

Print . 22.5 x 18.5 x 1 cm Print . 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.4 inch

CHF 296

Print, La Camara da Letto, Valerio Adami

La Camara da Letto

Print . 52.5 x 74 x 0.1 cm Print . 20.7 x 29.1 x 0 inch

CHF 641

Fine Art Drawings, Das Rheingold - L'Oro del Reno, Valerio Adami

Das Rheingold - L'Oro del Reno

Fine Art Drawings . 75.5 x 56.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 22.2 inch

CHF 9,855

Print, Ballet, Valerio Adami

Ballet

Print . 37 x 27.5 x 0.05 cm Print . 14.6 x 10.8 x 0 inch

CHF 493

Print, Olympic Centennial, Valerio Adami

Olympic Centennial

Print . 90 x 62 cm Print . 35.4 x 24.4 inch

CHF 493

Print, Disegno di un paesaggio, Valerio Adami

Disegno di un paesaggio

Print . 91 x 63 x 0.05 cm Print . 35.8 x 24.8 x 0 inch

CHF 1,330

Fine Art Drawings, Disegno per l'Odissea di Omero, Valerio Adami

Disegno per l'Odissea di Omero

Fine Art Drawings . 75.5 x 56.5 cm Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 22.2 inch

CHF 9,855

Print, Nostalgia, Valerio Adami

Nostalgia

Print . 91 x 63 x 0.05 cm Print . 35.8 x 24.8 x 0 inch

CHF 1,035

Print, Au premier plan, Valerio Adami

Au premier plan

Print . 22 x 13.8 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.7 x 5.4 x 0 inch

CHF 246

Print, Homère, Valerio Adami

Homère

Print . 76 x 54 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.3 inch

CHF 443

Print, Hamlet, Valerio Adami

Hamlet

Print . 76 x 100 cm Print . 29.9 x 39.4 inch

CHF 838

Print, Cosa si vede fuori, Valerio Adami

Cosa si vede fuori

Print . 118 x 135 cm Print . 46.5 x 53.1 inch

CHF 1,873

Print, Una Storia Italiana, Valerio Adami

Una Storia Italiana

Print . 72 x 53 x 1 cm Print . 28.3 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch

CHF 375

Print, Dialogue dans le paysage II, Valerio Adami

Dialogue dans le paysage II

Print . 94 x 72 cm Print . 37 x 28.3 inch

CHF 690

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Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami

Sans titre

Print . 48 x 65.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 18.9 x 25.8 x 0.1 inch

CHF 345

Print, Un jet d'eau, Valerio Adami

Un jet d'eau

Print . 22 x 13.8 x 0.1 cm Print . 8.7 x 5.4 x 0 inch

CHF 246

Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami

Sans titre

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

CHF 690

Print, Capriccio, Valerio Adami

Capriccio

Print . 90 x 45 x 1 cm Print . 35.4 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch

CHF 394

Print, Trio, Valerio Adami

Trio

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

CHF 443

Print, Statuette, Valerio Adami

Statuette

Print . 42 x 30 cm Print . 16.5 x 11.8 inch

CHF 246

Print, Portraits littéraires, Valerio Adami

Portraits littéraires

Print . 21.5 x 13 cm Print . 8.5 x 5.1 inch

CHF 246

Print, Antonio Tabucchi, Valerio Adami

Antonio Tabucchi

Print . 19.4 x 10.2 cm Print . 7.6 x 4 inch

CHF 246

Print, Pascal Quignard, Valerio Adami

Pascal Quignard

Print . 24.5 x 16.5 cm Print . 9.6 x 6.5 inch

CHF 246

Print, Traces de feu furieux, Valerio Adami

Traces de feu furieux

Print . 20.4 x 11.5 cm Print . 8 x 4.5 inch

CHF 246

Print, Dessiner, Valerio Adami

Dessiner

Print . 20.3 x 17 cm Print . 8 x 6.7 inch

CHF 246

Print, Colombine, Valerio Adami

Colombine

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

CHF 246

Print, Sarasvati, Valerio Adami

Sarasvati

Print . 32 x 24 cm Print . 12.6 x 9.4 inch

CHF 246

Print, Michel Houellebecq, Valerio Adami

Michel Houellebecq

Print . 28.5 x 21 cm Print . 11.2 x 8.3 inch

CHF 246

Print, Guy de Maupassant, Valerio Adami

Guy de Maupassant

Print . 21 x 13 cm Print . 8.3 x 5.1 inch

CHF 246

Print, Frédéric Nietzsche, Valerio Adami

Frédéric Nietzsche

Print . 20.7 x 11 cm Print . 8.1 x 4.3 inch

CHF 246

Print, Numéro 9, Valerio Adami

Numéro 9

Print . 30 x 23.5 x 0.05 cm Print . 11.8 x 9.3 x 0 inch

CHF 296

Print, Le couple, Valerio Adami

Le couple

Print . 82 x 59 x 1 cm Print . 32.3 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

CHF 473

Print, Composition pour les JO, Valerio Adami

Composition pour les JO

Print . 90 x 63 cm Print . 35.4 x 24.8 inch

CHF 591

Print, L'Ange, Valerio Adami

L'Ange

Print . 80 x 59 x 1 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

CHF 473

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