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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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
Hybrid - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Hybrid 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, 1989) was an Ita...
Pencil
Nude of Woman - Marker Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is a violet marker Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little yellowed cardboard. Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...
Permanent Marker
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945 ca. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an I...
Ink
Magician - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Magician is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1980s. Monogrammed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...
Charcoal
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. Artist's proof. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...
Paper, Etching
The Couple - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970. Hand-signed in the lower margin. Good condition on a white paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Ink
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The Man and the Ideas - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The man and the ideas 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 ti...
Woodcut
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Monogrammed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was ...
Ink
The Figure - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Figure is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was...
Ink
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Drawing in pen on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Ma...
Paper, Pen
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
Figures - Drypoint by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower right part. Numbered. Edition 1/12. 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, Drypoint, Etching
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945 ca. Monogrammed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was ...
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Male Profile - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 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
Figures - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a white paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
Ink, Pen
L'Arbre du Plaisir - Linocut on Paper by Jean Barbe / Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 16 x 12 cm. L'Arbre du Plaisir is a black and white linocut on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1945 by the Italian satiric master Mino Maccari (1898-1989). Hand-...
Linocut
Hearts and Tears (Cuori e Lacrime) - Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Cuori e Lacrime 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 o...
Woodcut
Life - Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Life 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 left ...
Woodcut
On the Road - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Per strada (On the Road) is a drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black China ink (foun...
Ink
Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1928. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver and ...
Pencil
Nudes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an I...
Watercolor
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The Dancing Folk - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancing Folk is an original Drawing on creamy paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century. Hand-signed Good conditions with aged margins. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was a...
Ink
The Couple on the Bed - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple on the Bed is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little yellowed paper. Mino Maccari ...
Pencil
The Undressing - Linocut by Mino Maccari - 1951
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Undressing is a Linocut Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1951. No signed, very good condition. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver and journalist...
Linocut
At the Sea - Etching and Drypoint by Mino Maccari - 1925/1930
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
At the Sea is an original drypoint realized by Mino Maccari (1925-1930). The artwork is in good conditions, except for worn paper on the margins. Hand-signed by the artist on the r...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
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 condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...
Ink
Flirtatious Women - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flirtatious Women is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1960s. Hand-signed in the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) ...
Ballpoint Pen
Crocodile Surprise - Linocut by Mino Maccari - 1951
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Crocodile Surprise is an Original Linocut Print realized by Mino Maccari in 1951. Very good condition, not signed. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, painter, engraver...
Linocut
Caged Bird - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Caged Bird 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 It...
Pen
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original woodcut print o...
Woodcut
Seductive Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Seductive Woman is an ink and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rom...
Ink, Watercolor
Il Selvaggio, no.1-2 - 1941 - Magazine - Engravings by Mino Maccari
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flipping through a few pages of " Il Selvaggio, no.5- 1938", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and sciences", we find, in the do...
Paper
Portraits - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions with small holes on the left and aged margins on the left. ...
Pen
Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a pencil 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...
Pencil
Erotic Scene - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower part. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Lover - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1965
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Lover 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, Jun...
Ink
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 conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
Pen
Faces - Linocut Print by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Faces is a linocut realized by Mino Maccari in the 1940s. 50 x 30 cm. Handisigned in the lower right part. Edition of 12 copies. Reference; Cat. Meloni , pag 367, n.1741. Good c...
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 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
Guillotine - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Guillotine 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
Standing Male Nude - Pencil Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Male Nude is an original pencil drawing on invory colored paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989)....
Pencil
The Serpent - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Serpent is a pencil 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, ...
Pencil
Learning Tennis - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Learning Tennis is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
Charcoal
Horse Lover - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Horse Lover 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, 198...
Pen
Concert - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Concert 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
Composition - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a pen and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rom...
Watercolor, Pen
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
Figures in The Frame - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in The Frame 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,...
Ink
The Suitor - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1965
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
Seductive Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Seductive Woman is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
Paper, Ink
Bather - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Bather is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Ital...
Pencil
The Exhibition - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Exhibition 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
Artist - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Artist is an ink and 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...
Ink, Watercolor
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. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Italia...
Pen
Landscape - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower, with another drawing on the rear. Good condition with slight folding....
Ink
Nude Dancer - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Dancer is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower with another portrait drawing on the rear. Good conditions with central...
Pencil
Satyric Scene - Charcoal Drawing by Mino Maccari - circa 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Satyric scene is an original charcoal drawing realized by Mino Maccari circa 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower centre margin on a yellowed worn paper. Mino Maccari was an Italian wri...
Charcoal
Maggio Fiorentino - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Maggio Fiorentino is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1940s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena,...
Watercolor