Popular painter, engraver and journalist Mino Maccari is known for his often controversial and explosive prints, drawings and paintings, and is considered to be one of the most important Italian satirical artists of the 20th century.
Born in 1898 in Siena, Maccari joined the Italian Army at age 19 to serve in World War I as an artillery officer. Afterward, he attended law school, graduating in 1920 and working as a lawyer until 1926.
While working as a lawyer, Maccari developed an interest in painting and engraving, moonlighting as an artist. Despite his lack of formal training, his works captured the attention of local critics, and he debuted with the Group Labronico, an organization of like-minded Italian artists that included painter Beppe Guzzi.
In 1924, publisher Angiolo Bencini contacted Maccari to oversee the printing operations of Il Selvaggio, a fascist magazine in which Maccari’s first satirical illustrations and engravings appeared. Until 1942, Maccari was editor-in-chief of the controversial magazine, which featured contributions from Futurist artists such as Ardengo Soffici, Carlo Carrà and others.
Throughout his career, Maccari participated in numerous notable exhibitions and shows throughout Italy and Europe. His figurative drawings and paintings, portraits and exotic nude works gained considerable acclaim from critics and collaborative artists.
In 1927, he participated in the "Second International Exhibition of Modern Engraving" and the "Third Exhibition of the Tuscan Union of Arts." The following year, Maccari exhibited at the Venice Biennale, where he would win the International Prize for engraving in 1948.
From the late 1940s to 1963, Maccari collaborated with the liberal magazine Il Mondo, contributing several satirical illustrations and engravings. By this time, he had become a well-established and respected artist in Italy and, in 1959, was named director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
In 1963, Maccari was recognized again for his works, winning the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for painting. That same year, he became president of the San Luca Academy.
Throughout the 1970s, Maccari continued painting and drawing, creating provocative works such as Dominatrix Woman, a bold work in watercolor and pastel, the diminutive pen drawing Trampled and his erotic charcoal and watercolor drawing Mata Hari.
Even after Maccari’s death in 1989, his works continue to be a talking point among avid modern art collectors.
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Mother and Child - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is an original China Ink and Charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed check sheed. Hand-signed by the artist wit...
Paper, Charcoal
Portraits - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original Pencil and Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper, another drawing on the back. Hand-signed by the ar...
Pen, Pencil
Male Profile Pencil Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, Italian, 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Profilo maschile (Male profile) is al drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Pencil drawing...
Pencil
New School - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
New school is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 1/89 specimens and titled on the...
Woodcut
Figures - Drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989) in 1970s. Original drawing on paper. Hand-signed in pencil by the artis...
Paper, Pen
Seated Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper, one little missing corner on the paper. Hand-signed by the artis...
Pencil
Confession Watercolor Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1960s, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Confession is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was ...
Watercolor
Western - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Western is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 2/89 specimens and titled on the le...
Woodcut
The Romance - Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Romance is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 1/89 specimens and titled on th...
Woodcut
The Bigamist - Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Bigamist (Il Bigamo) is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 2/89 specimens and...
Woodcut
Figures - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered, edition of 46/75 prints. Good conditions. Mino...
Paper, Etching
Apocalypse - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Apocalypse is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. B./W. Woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimens and titled on the l...
Woodcut
The Seduce -Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Seduce is an original Drawing on creamy paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions with folding an...
Ink
$353
Nude Etching by Mino Maccari, Modern Style, Mid-20th Century, Signed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an Etching realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Artist'proof. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver and journalist, winner of the Feltrinelli Prize for Painting in 1963 and first winner of the Forte dei Marmi Satira Prize in 1973.After completing his secondary education, he enrolls in university. An interventionist like many young people of his time, he took part in the Great War at the age of nineteen as a field artillery officer. At the end of the conflict he resumed his university studies in Siena and in 1920 he graduated in law. In 1924 he was called by Angiolo Bencini to take care of the printing of the magazine Il Selvaggio, openly uncompromising fascist, revolutionary and anti-bourgeois, where his first engravings were published. After a few years of coexistence between work at the newspaper and the law firm, at the beginning of 1926 he left the legal profession to take over the direction of Il Selvaggio which he would hold until 1942. In 1928 he was the author of the small book published by Vallecchi (Florence), Il Trastullo di Strapaese (little songs and engraved woodwinds) which collected fascist songs (the same book was seized several times from Antonio Gramsci during his detention). With the transfer of the editorial staff of the Selvaggio in 1925 from Colle di Val d'Elsa to Florence, Maccari collaborated with Ardengo Soffici, Ottone Rosai and Achille Lega. In the meantime, between 1927 and 1930, he made himself known to the general public as a painter by participating in various national exhibitions. Also in 1930 Maccari works in Turin at La Stampa as editor-in-chief and has the writer Curzio Malaparte as director. His presence in the cultural and editorial world of the fascist regime is very intense, he writes and collaborates with various magazines: Quadrivio, L'Italia Letteraria, L'Italiano and Omnibus by Leo Longanesi; then, during the war, in il Primato di Bottai and, subsequently again, in Il Mondo di Pannunzio (from the first number, in 1949), up to Documento by Federigo Valli. His graphic production is also vast, ranging from the Album of Vallecchi (1925), Il trastullo di Strapaese (1928) to Linoleum (1931). Maccari illustrated in 1934 La vecchia del Bal Bullier by Antonio Baldini and in 1942 he published the Album folder, followed by Come quando fuori Piove and Il superfluo illustrata.For his pictorial work full of evident chromatic accentuations and fast brushstrokes, the violent drawing combined with the lively stroke of the graphic sign of his engravings, he is recognized by critics as a complete artist. In 1962 he was also entrusted with the presidency of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and managed to obtain a personal exhibition at Gallery 63 in New York. His production of drawings, watercolors, temperas, etc. is endless, sometimes in collaboration with prestigious publishing houses; it is worth mentioning, just as an excellent example, the 32 b/w and color drawings with which he illustrated Il gusto di vivere, a volume that collects writings by Giancarlo Fusco, edited by Natalia Aspesi and published by Laterza in 1985. Maccari, Sienese and great contradaiolo della Torre, painted the Palio...
Paper, Etching
The Point of Contact - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The point of contact is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimens and tit...
Woodcut
The Long Wait - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Long wait is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimens and titled on ...
Woodcut
Figures Watercolor Drawing, Modern Style, Circa 1960, Monogrammed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1960. Watercolor on yellowed paper. Monogrammed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 192...
Watercolor
The Reaper - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Reaper is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimens and titled on the...
Woodcut
Provincial Predictor - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Provincial Predictor (Profeta di Provincia) is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered...
Woodcut
La Femme - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
La Femme is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 1/89 specimens and titled on the l...
Woodcut
$800
Portrait of Carlo Forte - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Carlo Forte is a drawing on paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Charcoal and pencil ...
Charcoal, Pencil
The Company - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Company is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June ...
Watercolor
Portrait Drawing, Pastel and Charcoal on Paper, Modern, Signed, 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1898-1989). Colored portrait on one side, figure of a woman and two heads in black on the other side. Pastel and charcoal on pape...
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
The Artist Watercolor Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1960s, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Artist is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was...
Watercolor
Lovely Couple - Mixed Media Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely couple is an original painting realized in 1960 ca. by Mino Maccari (1898-1989). Mixed media on a zinc plate. In good conditions. The subject of this artwork is a portrait...
Mixed Media
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an...
Ink
Reclined Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition on checkered yellowed paper. Hand-signed by...
Pencil
The Quarrel - Original Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The quarrel is an original charcoal drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s. The artwork is hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner of the worn yellowed paper. Mino M...
Charcoal
Lovers in Wind Ink Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1960s, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers in Wind is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) ...
Ink
The Boss - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Boss is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945 ca. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Italian...
Pen
The Kiss - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Kiss is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, ...
Ink
The Wake - Linocut by Mino Maccari - 1951
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Wake is an original Linocut Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1951. Very Good condition. No Signature. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver and jo...
Linocut
The Discussion - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Discussion is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
Watercolor
In the Land of the Cat - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
In the Land of the Cat is a Pencil Drawing and watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s. Good condition, no signature, titled on the centre of the artwork in italian language. ...
Watercolor, Ink
The Horse Trainer - Linocut by Mino Maccari - 1951
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Horse Trainer is an original Linocut Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1951. Very Good condition. No Signature. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was a...
Linocut
The Cry - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Cry is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) w...
Pen
The Jolly Couples - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Jolly Couples is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Ink
The Couple Watercolor Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1958, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1958. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...
Watercolor
Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer,...
Watercolor
Modena - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Modena is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower and at the top titled" Modena" Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-R...
Pencil
Three Sketched Portraits - China Ink by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Three Sketched Portraits is an original drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena...
Ink
Police and Woman Pencil Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1945, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Police and Woman is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1945. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) wa...
Pencil
Hand Fans Linocut Print, Modern Style, Unsigned, 1951, 26x19 cm
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Fans is an Original Linocut Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1951. Very good condition, not signed. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, pa...
Linocut
Satisfaction - Linocut on Paper by Jean Barbe / Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Satisfaction is a beautiful black and white linocut on paper, realized in 1945 by the Italian artist, Mino Maccari. Hand-signed with the pseudonym "Jean Barbe" and numbered in penci...
Linocut
The General - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - 1920's
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The General is an original modern artwork realized in the first decades of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original red woodcut print o...
Woodcut
The Soldier - Original Tempera by M. Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Soldier is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1950s. Mixed colored tempera on cardboard. Includes a contemporary gilded wooden frame: 54.5 x 3.5 x 31 Mino Mac...
Tempera
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition with slight folding and foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rom...
Pen
$764
The Seated Woman Drawing, Ink on Paper, Modern Style, Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Seated Woman is an original drawing with ink on a creamy colored paper realized in the mid 0th century. Monogrammed on the lower with the pencil. Good conditions and aged The ...
Ink
The Kiss Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari, Modern Style, Signed, 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Kiss is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Ital...
Pen
Modern Ink Drawing 'The Suitor', Signed 1965, Unframed, Good Condition
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Suitor is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1965. Hand signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome...
Ink
The Couple and Roosters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple and Roosters is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16,...
Pencil
Caged Man Ink Drawing, Modern Style, 1960s, Signed, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Caged Man is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, J...
Ink
1960s Modern Lady Ink Drawing, Signed, Unframed, Good Condition
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was a...
Ink
Lady With Lace Hat - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Lady With Lace Hat is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) w...
Pen
Erotic Scene Charcoal Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1960s, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was...
Charcoal
Reading Man Pencil Drawing, Modern Style, Circa 1935, Signed, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Reading Man is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1935. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 192...
Pencil
At the Bar Ink Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1960s, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
At the Bar is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was ...
Ink
The Watcher Ink Drawing, Modern Style, Signed, 1960s, Unframed
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Watcher is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was...
Ink
The Kiss - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Kiss is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Ital...
Ink
Horseman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Horseman is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Itali...
Pen