By Jean-Claude Quilici
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "Mykonos, Greece" c.1990 is an original colors lithograph by noted French artist Jean-Claude Quilici b. 1941. It is hand signed and numbered 96/175 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 18 x 24.25 inches, framed is 27 x 32.85 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame has some scratches and will be replaced by a similar new one before shipping, which will bring the condition to Excellent.
About the artist:
Jean-Claude Quilici was born of Corsican origin in the heart of Marseille in 1941. Still young, he began to attend classes at the "Ecole des Beaux-Arts" and soon afterwards he was taken under the wings of the great masters of "l'Ecole de la Peinture Provencale" Between 1960 and 1971, he received numerous painting awards which further distinguished the beginning of the young artist and during this period several shows of his works were organized by several french galleries. In 1971, he will come to the U.S. Washington, New-York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Albuquerque and in 1973, he discovers New Mexico. In 1980, he began his career in Japan: Tokyo to Osaka via Kobe, Shizuoka, Fukuoka, Nagano, Saporo. All this cities arranged shows of his paintings which were highly acclaimed. His prints and oil paintings have been shown permanently in Japan for the past twenty years. Gallery owners regularly showed his work outside Paris : Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Toulon, Ajaccio, Reims, Nancy, Cannes, Saint-Tropez. and Paris where OPERA GALLERY exclusively devotes permanently all his most important expositions reaching both international and French clients. He is still showing in United States, Singapour, Hong-Kong, Taïwan, Korea. He created various artistic works such as the monumental fresca for the University of Corte (40 meters in length and 4 meters in height) and the one for Marseille's subway being 130 meters in length.
1958 First exposition at "Péano" in Marseille
1960 First Price by "Union des Arts Plastiques" in Marseille, special mention
of Jury at Grand Prix de Peinture du Festival d'Avignon
1961 First Price Salon de la Mer à Marseille
1965 Galerie Vanel à Toulon
1967 Galerie Merenciano à Marseille
1968 Galerie du Casino à Cherbourg
1971 Washington Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
1972 Ligoa Duncan Gallery, New York NY, USA
Galerie Multiples à Marseille
1973 Capitol Art Center, Atlanta GA, USA
1974 Avalon Gallery of Art, Mc Lean VA, USA
1975 Art Circle 74, New York NY, USA
1976 Brandywine Galleries, Albuquerque NM, USA
1977 Galeries des Maîtres Contemporains, Aix en Provence
1978 Salle des Congrès, Ajaccio
1980 Galerie Lacydon, Marseille
Galerie Mazarin, Toulon
Galerie du Vent des Cimes, Grenoble
1981 Philotechnos Gallery, New York NY, USA
1982 Galerie Art Actualité, Saint-Raphaël
Galerie d'Art de la Place Beauvau, Paris
Galerie MG à...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Jean-Claude Quilici Art