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Giovanni Vetere
Five Children

c.1980

$750
£568.27
€652.04
CA$1,055.37
A$1,160.14
CHF 609.72
MX$14,088.36
NOK 7,606.08
SEK 7,206.23
DKK 4,866.35

About the Item

Artist: Giovani Vetere (Italian, born 1940) Title: Five Children Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Inscribed E.A (Epreuve d'Artiste) in pencil Paper: Wove Image size: 26 x 19.75 inches Sheet size: 31.5 x 24 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Very good Frame: Unframed About the artist. Vetere grew up without regular education in modest, rural conditions, which were characterized by rigor, church and tradition. In 1957 he went to Turin and in 1961 to Germany, where he first made a living as a factory worker in Bonn . A serious car accident in 1965 tied him to the hospital bed for months. Vetere used the time for further education and improved his German language. The birth of his daughter Carmen Clea in 1971 triggered a significant inner change that led Vetere to pursue a career as an artist the following year with the support of his wife. In 1973 his first exhibition took place in Troisdorf. In 1975 he founded his own gallery, in which he gave other artists a chance to present their works. A central theme of his work are simple human figures with rounded heads, reminiscent of children's drawings. The recurring feature is the expressive "button eyes" and a small round mouth, arranged like the vertices of an isosceles triangle standing on top . With this simplified and reduced style he formulates his maxim "the childlike as the cradle of our culture". Vetere is one of the most renowned European artists of the 20th and 21st centuries with his paintings, sculptures and frescoes after almost 40 years of creative work and a large number of exhibitions in Europe and the USA, as well as successes at Art Basel and Art Cologne. The work of Giovani Vetere is held in corporate and private collections worldwide.
  • Creator:
    Giovanni Vetere (1940, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    c.1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 112331stDibs: LU66633277861

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