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Anna Pennati

Italian, b. 1961
Born in Milan, from an early age Anna showed an innate attraction to drawing and colors. After graduating (Maestra d'Arte) from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, she began her career in the lively and stimulating Milanese art scene. Her works were immediately received with enthusiasm by critics and the market. Never satisfied with success, Anna Pennati ceaselessly continued her personal and artistic journey in search of the perfect synthesis. She thus went through various stylistic phases: a draughts woman of rare skill, she soon broke away from the academic style to approach forms and colors where the graphic layout dominated the scene, with distortions of the figure that slowly tried to free itself. There followed a phase in which the work was born from the canvas. In other words, the initial application of color was followed by the recognition of shapes and figures that the artist slowly brought to the surface from the depths of her mind. In 2001 she participated in the Artexpo in New York and subsequently worked in London. The Artspace Galleries, Mayfair, one of the most prestigious art venues in the English capital, was her reference point/ address for that period. In Milan she met Valery Giscard D'Estaing, former French president; a man of refined culture, who bought one of the portraits Anna Pennati dedicated to him. Anna Pennati is an artist addressed to the international art world, in her 25-year career she has participated in over 50 exhibitions in private galleries and museum spaces, including the Museum of Capuchin Cultural Heritage of Assisi, Miart in Milan, Artspace Galleries in London and the Northwest Sezession in Wilhelmshaven (Germany). Pennati cleverly switches from one subject to another with great range, from time to time using a style and a technique more appropriate to the particular purpose she sets. In general, her preferred medium is acrylic on canvas, which makes the strong signs prevail, alongside color, which is the absolute protagonist of her semi abstract paintings. In the latest works, forms, colors and lines continuously chase each other, sometimes "collaborating," sometimes "excluding" each other to arrive at artworks where the research is aimed at the archetype of ideas. The works are thus the essential expression of thought and dialogue with the viewer both visually, and mentally, allowing themselves to be slowly perceived.
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"La Sibilla", ink on paper, 2025
"La Sibilla", ink on paper, 2025

"La Sibilla", ink on paper, 2025

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

This striking ink drawing by Anna Pennati captures the essence of modernist abstraction with bold, gestural brushwork that commands attention. Executed in deep black ink on textured ...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

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Paper, Ink

"La bella Elena", ink on paper, 2025
"La bella Elena", ink on paper, 2025

"La bella Elena", ink on paper, 2025

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

This striking ink drawing by Anna Pennati captures the essence of modernist abstraction with bold, gestural brushwork that commands attention. Executed in deep black ink on textured ...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Endless line vox n.9", ink on paper, 2025
"Endless line vox n.9", ink on paper, 2025

"Endless line vox n.9", ink on paper, 2025

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

This striking ink drawing by Anna Pennati captures the essence of modernist abstraction with bold, gestural brushwork that commands attention. Executed in deep black ink on textured ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Circe", ink on paper, 2025
"Circe", ink on paper, 2025

"Circe", ink on paper, 2025

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

This striking ink drawing by Anna Pennati captures the essence of modernist abstraction with bold, gestural brushwork that commands attention. Executed in deep black ink on textured ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Così la Dea parlò...", ink on paper, 2020
"Così la Dea parlò...", ink on paper, 2020

"Così la Dea parlò...", ink on paper, 2020

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Discover Anna Pennati's Homer Series – Where Ancient Epic Meets Contemporary Vision Experience timeless mythology reimagined through striking black and white abstraction. Anna Penna...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

Petita, contemporary acrilyc on board, figurative expression, 30 x 20 cm
Petita, contemporary acrilyc on board, figurative expression, 30 x 20 cm

Petita, contemporary acrilyc on board, figurative expression, 30 x 20 cm

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Discover Anna Pennati's "Petita" (2012) – An Intimate Masterpiece of Contemporary Expression Experience the power of intimate abstraction in this exquisite small-format work. Anna ...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Endless Line Opus 110", mixed media on canvas, 2018
"Endless Line Opus 110", mixed media on canvas, 2018

"Endless Line Opus 110", mixed media on canvas, 2018

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Opus 110 is part of the 'Endless Line' series. They consist in pure line, pure universal energy; visualizations of sound, perfect frequencies. Observe: the pen glides across the pape...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Kitchen Melody 05", ink on paper, 2015
"Kitchen Melody 05", ink on paper, 2015

"Kitchen Melody 05", ink on paper, 2015

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Kitchen Melody is a series of ink-on-paper works inspired by kitchen utensils. This work depicts the juicer Created for a restaurant opening in Milano, Italy, 2015.

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Kitchen Melody 04", ink on paper, 2015
"Kitchen Melody 04", ink on paper, 2015

"Kitchen Melody 04", ink on paper, 2015

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Kitchen Melody is a series of ink-on-paper works inspired by kitchen utensils. Cutlery is depicted in this work. Created for a restaurant opening Milano, Italy, in 2015.

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Kitchen Melody 03", ink on paper, 2025
"Kitchen Melody 03", ink on paper, 2025

"Kitchen Melody 03", ink on paper, 2025

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Kitchen Melody is a series of ink-on-paper works inspired by kitchen utensils. A corkscrew is depicted in this work. Created for a restaurant opening in 2015.

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Polis" by Anna Pennati, acrylic on fabriano paper cardboard
"Polis" by Anna Pennati, acrylic on fabriano paper cardboard

"Polis" by Anna Pennati, acrylic on fabriano paper cardboard

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Polis is one of the last artworks from Anna Pennati. Dedicated to the Polis or cities in his most conceptual meaning. It's la a dream that invite us to enter in. The work is shipped...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Orion" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology
"Orion" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology

"Orion" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. These are s...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

"Green melody" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology
"Green melody" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology

"Green melody" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. These are s...

Category

2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

"Kitchen Melody 01" by Anna Pennati, ink on paper
"Kitchen Melody 01" by Anna Pennati, ink on paper

"Kitchen Melody 01" by Anna Pennati, ink on paper

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

"Kitchen Melody" is a series of ink-on-paper works inspired by kitchen utensils. A corkscrew is depicted in this work. Created for a design restaurant opening in Milano 2015.

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

Anna Pennati - "02 Kitchen Melody serie", ink on paper
Anna Pennati - "02 Kitchen Melody serie", ink on paper

Anna Pennati - "02 Kitchen Melody serie", ink on paper

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Anna Pennati is an aclectic artist whose style range from figurative to pure abstraction. In this drawing she use her incredible drawing skills to re-interpretate a pop figure like m...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Clio" by Anna Pennati, painting
"Clio" by Anna Pennati, painting

"Clio" by Anna Pennati, painting

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

'Clio' is a work that is part of a series of seven paintings dedicated to the muses. 'Clio' is the muse of the history. The sphere supported by the muse indicates the weight of human...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Alchimia Celeste" by Anna Pennati, painting
"Alchimia Celeste" by Anna Pennati, painting

"Alchimia Celeste" by Anna Pennati, painting

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Anna Pennati is an international renowed artist with more than 100 personal exhibition. An artist that continue researching new paths, tending to the essence of the meaning in the ab...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Sublimation n23" by Anna Pennati - acrylic and collage on board, 40x30cm
"Sublimation n23" by Anna Pennati - acrylic and collage on board, 40x30cm

"Sublimation n23" by Anna Pennati - acrylic and collage on board, 40x30cm

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Sublimations = extreme synthesis which includes the "all" and therefore the return to the primordial "one". In them, the spectator finds the lost path to his or her own universal ori...

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2010s Abstract Anna Pennati

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Chora 2" by Anna Pennati & Ariel Soule - acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm
"Chora 2" by Anna Pennati & Ariel Soule - acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm

"Chora 2" by Anna Pennati & Ariel Soule - acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

In 1953 Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) asked his master Willem De Kooning (1904-1987) to give him a drawing and erased it to demonstrate that even just by "erasing" one can create a...

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2010s Neo-Expressionist Anna Pennati

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Alessandra di Rudinì by Anna Pennati 2013 acrylic painting 40x30cm
Alessandra di Rudinì by Anna Pennati 2013 acrylic painting 40x30cm

Alessandra di Rudinì by Anna Pennati 2013 acrylic painting 40x30cm

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

"D D’Annunzio, la Duse e…le altre" - Exhibition that was displayed in Vigevano (Milan) at the Spazio Excalibur, in 2013. subsequently in 2017 – "Genio et voluptati" exhibiton at O...

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2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Fuoco by Anna Pennati 2004 acrylic painting 60x50cm
Fuoco by Anna Pennati 2004 acrylic painting 60x50cm

Fuoco by Anna Pennati 2004 acrylic painting 60x50cm

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

"Laus vitae" - Exhibition that was displayed in Assisi (Italy) at the Sala dei Beni Culturali Cappuccini,, in 2006. Subsequently, the artwork was included in the exhibition " D’Ann...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Salomé
Salomé

Salomé

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Anna Pennati is an artist addressed to the international art world, in her 25-year career she has participated in over 50 exhibitions in private galleries and museum spaces, includin...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Green Oracle" by Anna Pennati
"Green Oracle" by Anna Pennati

"Green Oracle" by Anna Pennati

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. In particul...

Category

2010s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

"Prometheus" by Anna Pennati - from George Byron's poems
"Prometheus" by Anna Pennati - from George Byron's poems

"Prometheus" by Anna Pennati - from George Byron's poems

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

Inspired by George Byron's's poem – "Prometeus" Exhibited in Milan (Italy) in 2005. Part of a series o 10 Exclusively on 1stdibs measures are referred to the painting. Passepartout is 50x35cm Titan! To whose immortal eyes The sufferings of mortality, Seen in their sad reality, were nota s things that gods despise; What was thy pity’s recompense? A silent suffering, and intense; The rock, the vulture, and the chain, All that proud can feel of pain, The agony they do not show, The suffocating sense of woe, Which speaks but in its loneliness, And then is jealous lest the sky Should have a listener, nor will sigh Until its voice is echoless. George Byron – ( Prometheus ) These paintings on Windsor...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic

"Euripus Charanda" (Butterflies) by Anna Pennati, acrilyc on paper
"Euripus Charanda" (Butterflies) by Anna Pennati, acrilyc on paper

"Euripus Charanda" (Butterflies) by Anna Pennati, acrilyc on paper

By Anna Pennati

Located in Milano, MI

These works were created by the artist Anna Pennati in the first decade of the 2000s and represent the transition from the figurative to the abstract and symbolic. The symbolism of the butterfly is mixed here with that of classical myths, as far as the poetry of William Blake and...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Anna Pennati

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Oil Pastel

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