By Gio Colucci
Located in Surfside, FL
Gio Colucci (or Geo Colucci ), born in Florence 1 in 1892 and died in Paris in 1974, is an Italian artist. Prolific and eclectic, the Italian Gio Colucci, sometimes known in France under the name of Geo Colucci, practiced as a painter, engraver, illustrator, ceramist and sculptor. He entered the School of Fine Arts and then moved to Africa before the Great War. He then goes to Egypt where he embraces the profession of architect in Cairo. Inspired by his stay in the Middle East, he turned to abstract painting and, in 1917, returned to France. His older brother was the writer and publisher Guido Colucci , born in Naples : Guido and Gio collaborated on a number of books, Guido providing texts and Gio, illustrations. As an engraver, Gio Colucci produced etchings and woodcuts.
From 1921, he exhibited his engravings in various salons: the Salon d'automne , then the Surindépendants alongside Gleizes , Herbin , Robert Delaunay, among others. During this period, his work asserts a style close to expressionism, showing a singular energy, flirting with the fantastic. His palette is wide, his choices mastered. Very involved with French publishers specializing in the illustrated book of high bibliophilia , he delivers a series of remarkable prints for texts by Barbey d'Aurevilly , Pierre Loti , Guy Maupassant...
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Mid-20th Century Neo-Expressionist Gio Colucci Art