Massimo Vitali Art
Italian, b. 1944
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944. He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 1980s, a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995. Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s large-scale photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and, in 2020, Entering A New World.
Additionally, Vitali’s work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fonds national d'art contemporain in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
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Artist: Massimo Vitali
Massimo Vitali MARINA DI MASSA Lithograph, 26"H x 34"W
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Massimo Vitali (Italian, b. 1944)
Marking(s); notes: artist's stamp verso; ed. 59/120; 2006
Materials: offset lithograph
Dimensions (H, W, D): 26.75"h,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Rosignano Llama - large scale Mediterranean beach scene in Italy (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format original photograph of the iconic Mediterranean white beaches of Rosignano in Tuscany by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of beach rites and rituals of modern leisure
From Massimo Vitali's body of works captured along Italy's (almost deserted) beaches in the pandemic summer of 2020
Spiagge Bianche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Arch...
Santa Maria al Bagno diptych - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and ritua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Porto Miggiano (framed) - large scale photograph of Italian Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Southern Italy's Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Santa Maria al Bagno diptych - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and ritua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Porto Miggiano Colony - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Porto Miggiano...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Carcavelos Pier Paddle (framed) - large scale photograph of summer beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of a summer beach scene along Portugal's Atlantic coast by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Carcavelos Pier Paddle (2016)
61.25” x 81.68” / 155.60 cm x 207.46 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
Disclaimer of authenticity:
although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio.
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
__________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery (New York, USA)
2016
‘Landscapes with Figures’
Guido & Schoen Arte Contemponania (Genoa, Italy)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Crown Gallery (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Ronchini Gallery (London, UK)
2015
‘New Prints’
Hilger Next (Vienna, Austria)
2014
‘Massimo Vitali’
Studio La Citta (Verona, Italy)
2014
‘Into The White’
Erich Lindenberg Art Foundation (Porza, Switzerland)
2014
‘Sempre più pallide. Towards Achrome’
Palazzo Tadea (Spilimbergo, Italy)
2013
‘Between Normalities’
Bonni Benrubi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Plage des Catalans (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Cote d'Azur beach by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Plage des Catalans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Cala Conta Black Dog - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Porto Miggiano - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
rare vertical work featuring iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Porto Miggiano...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Malbacco Desiata - large format photograph of iconic Italian summer moment
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Malbacco Desiata, a secret swim hole in Tuscany, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Lampedusa (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean summer beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of a summer beach scene on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, from an earlier body of works (2012) by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Lampedusa (2012)
61.25” x 81.7” / 156 cm x 207,5 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
last available edition: AP1
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
Disclaimer of authenticity:
although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio.
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
__________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 94/22
Zander Galerie, Cologne
2024 Photolux Festival - Il bel paese?
Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy
2023 La Grande Oasi - The way we live, now
OCA, Oasy Contemporary Art, Pistoia
2023
Standing Still
Cortona On The Move, Arezzo, Italy
2022
Massimo Vitali PhotoESPANA
Biblioteca Central Cantabria, Santander
2022
Endless Summer
Edwin Hook Gallery, New York
2022
Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020
Melbourne
2022
Ti ho visto
Mazzoleni Gallery, Turin
2021
PienoVuoto
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
No Country For Old Men
Visionarea Art Space, Rome
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Pan di Zucchero - large scale photo of Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
*temporary listing price reduction due to currency exchange rate
large format photograph by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Pan di Zucchero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Wood, Archival Paper
Monopoli Sunrise (framed) - large scale photo of Mediterranean beach ritual
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Puglia ritual by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern lei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Cala Conta Evening - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Carcavelos Pier Paddle (framed) - large scale photograph of summer beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of a summer beach scene along Portugal's Atlantic coast by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Carcavelos Pier Paddle (2016)
61.25” x 81.68” / 155.60 cm x 207.46 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
Disclaimer of authenticity:
although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio.
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
__________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery (New York, USA)
2016
‘Landscapes with Figures’
Guido & Schoen Arte Contemponania (Genoa, Italy)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Crown Gallery (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Ronchini Gallery (London, UK)
2015
‘New Prints’
Hilger Next (Vienna, Austria)
2014
‘Massimo Vitali’
Studio La Citta (Verona, Italy)
2014
‘Into The White’
Erich Lindenberg Art Foundation (Porza, Switzerland)
2014
‘Sempre più pallide. Towards Achrome’
Palazzo Tadea (Spilimbergo, Italy)
2013
‘Between Normalities’
Bonni Benrubi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Porto Miggiano - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
rare vertical work featuring iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Porto Miggiano...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Coney Es (artist framed) - large format photograph of iconic New York beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Coney Es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Pan di Zucchero - extra large scale photo of Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Pan di Zucchero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Marina Di Massa, plexiglass photgraph, Italy beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Miami, FL
Massimo Vitali (b. Como, Italy in 1944) is an Italian photographer based in Lucca.
Vitali studied photography at the London College of Printing. He initially worked as a photojournal...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Ponta dos Mosteiros Tuffo (framed) - large scale photo of black Azores beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Azores beach by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Massimo Vitali VIAREGGIO AIR SHOW Lithograph, 26"H x 34"W
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Massimo Vitali (Italian, b. 1944)
Marking(s); notes: artist's stamp verso; ed. 50/120; 2006
Materials: offset lithograph
Dimensions (H, W, D): 26.75"h,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Coney Es (artist framed) - large format photograph of iconic New York beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Coney Es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Rosignano Llama - large scale Mediterranean beach scene in Italy (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format original photograph of the iconic Mediterranean white beaches of Rosignano in Tuscany by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of beach rites and rituals of modern leisure
From Massimo Vitali's body of works captured along Italy's (almost deserted) beaches in the pandemic summer of 2020
Spiagge Bianche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Arch...
Santa Cesarea diptych - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Santa Ces...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Myvatn Nature Baths (framed) - large scale photograph of Iceland hot springs
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of iconic Icelandic hot springs by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Myvatn Nature Baths (2016)
61.25” x 81” / 156 cm x 206 cm
signed, titled and dated verso
edition of 6 + 2AP
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white gallery frame
Each limited edition original photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief, that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality, led to a change in his career path. He worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, Vitali’s large scale works would become recognizable for his highly detailed sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure.
His iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of humanity’s coastal habitats in the bright light of summer.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and the just published Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
__________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
'No Country For Old Men...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Gulpiyuri - large scale landscape photograph by Massimo Vitali (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Gulpiyuri, a flooded sinkhole with inland beach in Northern Spain, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Vaschette - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format original photograph of the iconic Mediterranean rock pools of Calafuria Vaschette in Tuscany by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Massimo Vitali MARINA DI MASSA Lithograph, 26"H x 34"W
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Massimo Vitali (Italian, b. 1944)
Marking(s); notes: artist's stamp verso; ed. 59/120; 2006
Materials: offset lithograph
Dimensions (H, W, D): 26.75"h,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Myvatn Nature Baths (framed) - large scale photograph of Iceland hot springs
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of iconic Icelandic hot springs by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Myvatn Nature Baths (2016)
61.25” x 81” / 156 cm x 206 cm
signed, titled and dated verso
edition of 6 + 2AP
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white gallery frame
Each limited edition original photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief, that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality, led to a change in his career path. He worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, Vitali’s large scale works would become recognizable for his highly detailed sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure.
His iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of humanity’s coastal habitats in the bright light of summer.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and the just published Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
__________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
'No Country For Old Men...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Malbacco Desiata - large format photograph of iconic Italian summer moment
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Malbacco Desiata, a secret swim hole in Tuscany, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Santa Cesarea diptych - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Santa Ces...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Meloria - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Meloria (20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Rena Majori 2013
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Chromogenic print, edition 33 of 35
Category
2010s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
C Print
Cala Conta Point - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Praia do Moinho Handstand - large scale Massimo Vitali beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
iconic large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Plage du Prophete Evening (framed) - large scale photo of Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Cote d'Azur beach by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Trittico Forum (2011) - large format triptych photograph of iconic Roman site
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
original large format photography triptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Trittico Forum (2011)
three individually framed original archival photography prints, each with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary light grey lacquered gallery frames
76.7 in x 61.25 in (194.8cm x 156cm) / each
4,6m / 183.75" / 15' 4" installation width
limited edition of 6 + 2AP
signed, titled and dated verso
'Roman Forum' was installed at the US Embassy in Rome, Italy, as part of 2014 'Art in Embassies' exhibition curated by Virginia Shore and Claire D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Praia do Aterro Galp Matosinhos - large scale MassimoVitali beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and ritua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Plexiglass, Wood, Archival Paper
Manarola Multi Jump (framed) large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of summer beach scene along Cinque Terre coast by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Manarola (2020)
61.25” x 81.68” / 155.60 cm x 207.46 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery (New York, USA)
2016
‘Landscapes with Figures’
Guido & Schoen Arte Contemponania (Genoa, Italy)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Crown Gallery (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Ronchini Gallery (London, UK)
2015
‘New Prints’
Hilger Next (Vienna, Austria)
2014
‘Massimo Vitali’
Studio La Citta (Verona, Italy)
2014
‘Into The White’
Erich Lindenberg Art Foundation (Porza, Switzerland)
2014
‘Sempre più pallide. Towards Achrome’
Palazzo Tadea (Spilimbergo, Italy)
2013
‘Between Normalities’
Bonni Benrubi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
De Haan Kiss offset lithograph by Massimo Vitali. Published by Steidl Verlag.
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"De Haan Kiss" from "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" offset lithograph. Image of swimmers in pool under dome. Massimo Vitali Steidl Verlag, Götting...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
ROSIGNANO DAWN (DIPTYCH)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph on paper. Each stamped and numbered on verso. Edition of 120. Size: 35.5 x 27.5 inches (each); 35.5 x 55 inches (total).
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Horizon, diptych
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Massimo Vitali photograph diasec mounted framed with white maple - two sizes per panel: 60x75 each or 80x105 each
Category
2010s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Pigment
Spain
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Massimo Vitali photograph diasec mounted framed with white maple
Category
2010s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Pigment
Portugal
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Massimo Vitali photograph diasec mounted framed with white maple
Category
2010s Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Pigment
Lampedusa (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean summer beach scene
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of a summer beach scene on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, from an earlier body of works (2012) by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Lampedusa (2012)
61.25” x 81.7” / 156 cm x 207,5 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
last available edition: AP1
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
Disclaimer of authenticity:
although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio.
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 94/22
Zander Galerie, Cologne
2024 Photolux Festival - Il bel paese?
Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy
2023 La Grande Oasi - The way we live, now
OCA, Oasy Contemporary Art, Pistoia
2023
Standing Still
Cortona On The Move, Arezzo, Italy
2022
Massimo Vitali PhotoESPANA
Biblioteca Central Cantabria, Santander
2022
Endless Summer
Edwin Hook Gallery, New York
2022
Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020
Melbourne
2022
Ti ho visto
Mazzoleni Gallery, Turin
2021
PienoVuoto
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
No Country For Old Men
Visionarea Art Space, Rome
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Pan di Zucchero - extra large scale photo of Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Pan di Zucchero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Gulpiyuri - large scale landscape photograph by Massimo Vitali (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Gulpiyuri, a flooded sinkhole with inland beach in Northern Spain, by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Porto Miggiano (framed) - large scale photograph of Italian Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Southern Italy's Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Cala Conta Evening - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Plage des Catalans (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Cote d'Azur beach by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Plage des Catalans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massimo Vitali Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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