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Mario Avati

Mario Avati

Monaco • 1921
Featured in: Famous Artists

Nationality

Monacan

Categories

Printmakers

Artistic movements

Illustration, Urban Painting

Themes

Animal, Abstract, Still Life

Biography

Mario Avati (1921-2009) is a French painter and engraver, remembered as the foremost mezzotint artist, after Yozo Hamaguchi. After attending the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Mario Avati practiced, from 1947, all printmaking techniques, contributing to the revival of graphic techniques as popular artists' media. 

Ten years later, he turned, almost exclusively, towards the black way2, first in black, then, from 1969, in color. In doing so, he helped revive this graphic technique as a medium for popular expression.

His favorite graphic technique, applied to his timeless still lifes, is the mezzotint, among the most demanding, abandoned because it was "too difficult", but with the final result of an emerging image from a deep black "nothingness". Avati's international fame is confirmed by numerous awards, documentary films made in Japan, in the USA and in Europe and an uncountable number of participations in exhibitions and art events all over the world.

Explore all artworks (24)

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, Lune et coupole, Mario Avati

Lune et coupole

Print . 28 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11 x 15.2 x 0 inch

$936

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, Lion in Bowl, Mario Avati

Lion in Bowl

Print . 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

$351

Fine Art Drawings, Au bal costumé, Mario Avati

Au bal costumé

Fine Art Drawings . 54 x 44.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 21.3 x 17.4 x 0 inch

$3,509

Print, Indicating, Mario Avati

Indicating

Print . 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

$351

Print, Apple and Tower, Mario Avati

Apple and Tower

Print . 5.5 x 6.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 2.2 x 2.6 x 0.1 inch

$351

Print, Clown, Mario Avati

Clown

Print . 50 x 34 cm Print . 19.7 x 13.4 inch

$819

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, Fish, Mario Avati

Fish

Print . 5.5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 2.2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

$351

Print, Snail Rider, Mario Avati

Snail Rider

Print . 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

$351

Print, Owls on Brooch, Mario Avati

Owls on Brooch

Print . 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

$351

Print, Blowing, Mario Avati

Blowing

Print . 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

$351

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, I viaggi di Gulliver, Mario Avati

I viaggi di Gulliver

Print . 30 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.8 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$175

Print, Demain la lune, Mario Avati

Demain la lune

Print . 56 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print . 22 x 15 x 0 inch

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Print, Whale in Cup, Mario Avati

Whale in Cup

Print . 5 x 6 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.4 x 0 inch

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Print, Bird Rider, Mario Avati

Bird Rider

Print . 5 x 6 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.4 x 0 inch

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Print, Breadwinner, Mario Avati

Breadwinner

Print . 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

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