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Raffaello Piraino
Still Life - Lithograph by Raffaello Piraino - 1970s

1970s

About the Item

Still Life is an original colored lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Italian artist Raffaello Piraino (1938). Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered on the lower left in pencil, edition of III/XV prints. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. The artwork represents still life composition with scallops and oysters in a well-balanced composition, with a pinkish background. The artist's efforts indicate the perfect applying of aesthetic features. "Raffaello Piraino he began teaching mosaic technique at the Art Institute of Monreale, He has to master painters like Pippo Rizzo and Eustachio Catalano, in Salzburg he attended a lithographic technique over and in 1963 he founded in Palermo the Art Gallery at the Borgo with adjoining intaglio printing and lithography. That activity lasts twenty years and it is for the artist an important vehicle for its artistic and cultural training. For Recos publisher of Thessaloniki illustrates the Iliad and the Odyssey and publishes numerous folders of etchings and lithographs accompanied by texts by Nello Ponente, Alfonso Gatto Leonardo Sciascia and Tono Zancanaro. In 1977, the opera Teatro Massimo of Palermo Institution calls him to design the sets and costumes of comic opera Les Mamelles de Tirésias of Poulanc. The success opens the doors to other theatrical achievements, film and television. He draws for the Teatro Biondo in Palermo the costumes for Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. In those years he begins collecting artifacts abbigliamentari forming a prestigious collection of costumes and accessories that belonged to the aristocracy and the rich Sicilian bourgeoisie. He became Professor of Costume History at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo and in 1998 he published, with the Publisher Epos, the volume of the tissue History in Sicily over the centuries. Lives and works in Palermo."
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  • Creation Year:
    1970s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 26.38 in (67 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1133841stDibs: LU65037344122
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