Prolific throughout the 1960s and 1970s, artist Leo Guida was an influential Italian painter and printmaker.
Beginning in 1969, Guida served as a teacher for nearly two decades at the Liceo Artistico in Latina. While he worked with watercolor paints to create much of his known art, he produced a wide range of graphic prints that is representative of his talents.
Guida worked with Chinese ink and was fluent in a variety of printmaking techniques, which included chalcography, engraving and aquatint. The latter is a technique named for its resemblance to watercolor or ink wash, while engraving is a method of making prints by incising lines into a metal plate with a sharp tool called a burin. Chalcography sees an artist engraving on copper or brass plates.
Guida made art in all kinds of styles over the course of his career. The bulk of his drawings and etchings are richly detailed and fantastical — they feature nudes, imagery from nature and depictions of mythological creatures. Guida’s works on paper show the influence of Spanish printmaker and painter Francisco Goya and are also inclusive of Surrealist flourishes and themes.
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Predatory - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist with pencil on the bottom. Etching, burin and black ink. Edition of 30 prints. Very good condition.
Etching
Monkey - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1973
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 19 x 15.5 cm. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist with pencil. Artist's proof. Etching, aquatint, black ink. Edition of III prints in Roman Numerals. Go...
Etching, Aquatint
Collapse - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1975
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Artist's Proof. Hand signed, dated and titled. by the Artist with pencil on the bottom. Etching, aquatint. IV state. Leo Guida: Artist sensitive to current issues, artisti...
Etching, Aquatint
Knife and Butterfly - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, aquatint, black ink realized by Leo Guida in 1970. Not signed. Very good condition. Leo Guida: Artist sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techniq...
Etching, Aquatint
Predatory - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist with pencil on the bottom. Etching, burin and black ink. Edition of 30 prints. Very good condition.
Etching
Recital
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Artist's Proof. Hand signed lower right. Titled and numbered lower left. Image Dimensions : 24.5 x 36.8 cm
Color
Red Moon
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's Proof. Hand signed and titled lower center.
Color
Nocturnal
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's Proof. Hand signed lower right. Titled lower left. Image Dimensions : 24.5 x 36.8 cm
Color
The Visit
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's Proof. Hand signed lower right. Titled and numbered lower left. Image Dimensions : 36.8 x 24 cm
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