- Guido Molinari
Guido Molinari (
October 12 ,1933 –February 21 ,2004 ) was a Canadian artist, known for his abstractpainting s.Molinari was born in
Montreal of Italian heritage with parents from Cune, Tuscany and Naples, Campania. He began painting at age 13, and his existentialist approach to art was formed during a bout withtuberculosis at age 16, during which he readNietzsche ,Sartre , Piaget, andCamus . He studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and theMontreal Museum of Fine Arts .He practised abstraction in New York, inspired by
Barnett Newman , andJackson Pollock , then returned to Montreal where he produced some of the finest pieces of his career. He married Fernande Saint-Martin in 1958. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967, was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada in 1971, and won thePrix Paul-Émile-Borduas in 1980.His work is known for its focus on modular and contrasting colours, shapes, and lines. It is exhibited worldwide, including the
National Gallery of Canada , theMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal , and the Guggenheim Museum andMuseum of Modern Art in New York.An avid art collector, his extensive private collection includes the work of
Mondrian ,Matisse ,John Cage ,Jasper Johns , and Quebec artistsJohn Lyman , andOzias Leduc .He died in Montreal.
Works
* Mutation sérielle verte-rouge, 1966, acrylic on canvas, 205.7 x 248.9 cm [ [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005365 Mutation serielle verte-rouge] ]
* Blue Quantifier #25 [ [http://www.artists4kids.com/artists/molinari.php Blue Quantifier #25] ]Documentaries
* Guido Molinari : The Coulour of Memory [ [http://www.diversus.com/prod/molinari.html Guido Molinari : The Coulour of Memory] ]
References
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