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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, La Camara da Letto, Valerio Adami

La Camara da Letto

Valerio Adami

Print - 52.5 x 74 x 0.1 cm

$736

Painting, Come dare i primi soccorsi ann cane, Valerio Adami

Come dare i primi soccorsi ann cane

Valerio Adami

Painting - 81 x 100 cm

$96,225

Fine Art Drawings, Coltelli, Valerio Adami

Coltelli

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 36 cm

$9,056

Print, Riding Boots, Valerio Adami

Riding Boots

Valerio Adami

Print - 152 x 72 cm

$1,472

Print, Fantasia per violino, Valerio Adami

Fantasia per violino

Valerio Adami

Print - 111 x 73 cm

$962

Print, Dialogue dans le paysage II, Valerio Adami

Dialogue dans le paysage II

Valerio Adami

Print - 94 x 72 cm

$792

Print, Hamlet, Valerio Adami

Hamlet

Valerio Adami

Print - 76 x 100 cm

$962

Print, Cosa si vede fuori, Valerio Adami

Cosa si vede fuori

Valerio Adami

Print - 118 x 135 cm

$2,151

Print, Le Musicien, Valerio Adami

Le Musicien

Valerio Adami

Print - 90 x 65 x 1 cm

$1,019

Print, Lire, Valerio Adami

Lire

Valerio Adami

Print - 23 x 14 cm

$340

Print, Dialogue dans le paysage I, Valerio Adami

Dialogue dans le paysage I

Valerio Adami

Print - 94 x 72 cm

$792

Fine Art Drawings, The chain, Valerio Adami

The chain

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 18 cm

$962

Print, Olympic Centennial, Valerio Adami

Olympic Centennial

Valerio Adami

Print - 90 x 62 cm

$566

Print, Oltiero Oltieri, Valerio Adami

Oltiero Oltieri

Valerio Adami

Print - 99.1 x 69.9 cm

$850

Print, Antonio Tabucchi, Valerio Adami

Antonio Tabucchi

Valerio Adami

Print - 19.4 x 10.2 cm

$340

Print, Dessiner, Valerio Adami

Dessiner

Valerio Adami

Print - 20.3 x 17 cm

$340

Print, L'après midi d'un faune, Valerio Adami

L'après midi d'un faune

Valerio Adami

Print - 75 x 62 x 2 cm

$792

Print, Ballet, Valerio Adami

Ballet

Valerio Adami

Print - 37 x 27.5 x 0.05 cm

$566

Print, Trio, Valerio Adami

Trio

Valerio Adami

Print - 76 x 56 cm

$623

Fine Art Drawings, Eugène Delacroix, Valerio Adami

Eugène Delacroix

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 cm

$3,962

Print, Guy de Maupassant, Valerio Adami

Guy de Maupassant

Valerio Adami

Print - 21 x 13 cm

$340

Print, Pascal Quignard, Valerio Adami

Pascal Quignard

Valerio Adami

Print - 24.5 x 16.5 cm

$340

Print, Portrait de Jacques Derrida, Valerio Adami

Portrait de Jacques Derrida

Valerio Adami

Print - 83 x 61 cm

$1,019

Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami

Sans titre

Valerio Adami

Print - 48 x 65.5 x 0.2 cm

$396

Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami

Sans titre

Valerio Adami

Print - 76 x 56 cm

$792

Print, Portraits littéraires, Valerio Adami

Portraits littéraires

Valerio Adami

Print - 21.5 x 13 cm

$340

Print, Métamorphoses d'une couleur, Valerio Adami

Métamorphoses d'une couleur

Valerio Adami

Print - 24 x 14.5 cm

$340

Print, Traces de feu furieux, Valerio Adami

Traces de feu furieux

Valerio Adami

Print - 20.4 x 11.5 cm

$340

Print, Les Impromptus du matin - Sarasvati, Valerio Adami

Les Impromptus du matin - Sarasvati

Valerio Adami

Print - 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm

$792

Fine Art Drawings, Das Rheingold, Valerio Adami

Das Rheingold

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings - 75.5 x 56.5 cm

$11,094

Print, Composition pour les JO, Valerio Adami

Composition pour les JO

Valerio Adami

Print - 90 x 63 cm

$679

Fine Art Drawings, Richard Wagner, Valerio Adami

Richard Wagner

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 cm

$3,962

Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami

Sans titre

Valerio Adami

Print - 21.5 x 18 x 0.1 cm

$1,585

Print, Les impromptus du matin - Colombine, Valerio Adami

Les impromptus du matin - Colombine

Valerio Adami

Print - 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, Studio per fantasia per violino, Valerio Adami

Studio per fantasia per violino

Valerio Adami

Print - 27 x 28 cm

$226

Print, Café, Valerio Adami

Café

Valerio Adami

Print - 91 x 63.5 cm

$566

Fine Art Drawings, Le berger, Valerio Adami

Le berger

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings - 75.5 x 56.5 cm

$11,094

Fine Art Drawings, Violoniste, Valerio Adami

Violoniste

Valerio Adami

Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 cm

$11,094

Print, Une reconquête moderne de l’espace classique II, Valerio Adami

Une reconquête moderne de l’espace classique II

Valerio Adami

Print - 40 x 30 cm

$283

Print, Une reconquête moderne de l’espace classique III, Valerio Adami

Une reconquête moderne de l’espace classique III

Valerio Adami

Print - 40 x 30 cm

$283

Print, Sarasvati, Valerio Adami

Sarasvati

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 24 cm

$340

Print, En Solitaire, Valerio Adami

En Solitaire

Valerio Adami

Print - 76 x 56 cm

$340

Print, Michel Houellebecq, Valerio Adami

Michel Houellebecq

Valerio Adami

Print - 28.5 x 21 cm

$340

Print, Frédéric Nietzsche, Valerio Adami

Frédéric Nietzsche

Valerio Adami

Print - 20.7 x 11 cm

$340

Print, Les mots n'ont plus de bouche, Valerio Adami

Les mots n'ont plus de bouche

Valerio Adami

Print - 31 x 28.5 x 0.05 cm

$340 $306

Print, Numéro 9, Valerio Adami

Numéro 9

Valerio Adami

Print - 30 x 23.5 x 0.05 cm

$340

Print, Still life, Valerio Adami

Still life

Valerio Adami

Print - 104.5 x 75.5 x 0.5 cm

$442

Print, Inter ærias fagos, Valerio Adami

Inter ærias fagos

Valerio Adami

Print - 22.5 x 18.5 x 1 cm

$340

Print, Colombine, Valerio Adami

Colombine

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 24 cm

$340

Print, Eloge de Charlotte Corday, Valerio Adami

Eloge de Charlotte Corday

Valerio Adami

Print - 21 x 11.4 cm

$340

Print, Face à nous les bêtes, Valerio Adami

Face à nous les bêtes

Valerio Adami

Print - 19.4 x 14.6 cm

$340

Print, Les mots n'ont plus de bouche, Valerio Adami

Les mots n'ont plus de bouche

Valerio Adami

Print - 31 x 57 x 0.05 cm

$396

Print, Peintre aux lunettes, Valerio Adami

Peintre aux lunettes

Valerio Adami

Print - 90.5 x 65.5 x 0.5 cm

$442

Print, Les impromptus du matin - Colombine, Valerio Adami

Les impromptus du matin - Colombine

Valerio Adami

Print - 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm

$317

Print, Association / Dissociation, Valerio Adami

Association / Dissociation

Valerio Adami

Print - 21.6 x 17.5 cm

$340

Print, Les Impromptus du matin - Sarasvati, Valerio Adami

Les Impromptus du matin - Sarasvati

Valerio Adami

Print - 21 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm

$317

Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami

Sans titre

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 23 x 1 cm

$396

Print, Guy de Maupassant - portrait perfectionné, Valerio Adami

Guy de Maupassant - portrait perfectionné

Valerio Adami

Print - 21 x 13 x 1 cm

$328

Print, Sarasvati, Valerio Adami

Sarasvati

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm

$338

Print, Portraits littéraires, Valerio Adami

Portraits littéraires

Valerio Adami

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm

$340

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Who is the artist?

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.

What is Valerio Adami’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Narrative Figuration, Famous Illustrators

When was Valerio Adami born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1935