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Riccardo Licata Vases and Vessels

Italian, b. 1929

Riccardo Licata was born in Turin, Italy, on 20 December 1929. Licata lived with his family for a short period in Paris. They then moved to Rome, where he remained until 1945. Since 1946, he has lived between Venice and Paris. In 1951, he had his first one-man show in Venice. After his studies at an arts high school and at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, he received a scholarship in 1957 from the French government to experiment with color engraving and new techniques. The same year, he became Gino Severini’s assistant at the Ecole d’Art Italienne in Paris, beginning an impressive career as a teacher. In 1961, he married Maria Battistella, singer and teacher in the music of the Renacimiento. He started to teach at the Atelier de mosaïque in Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1969, he became a Professor at La Sorbonne and the Goetz Academy. From 1972–92, he was a Professor at Ecole Internationale de la gravure expérimentale in Venice and Ecole Américaine d'Architecture in Fontainebleau Painter, engraver, mosaicist, sculptor and set designer. Licata has participated in the biennials of Venice, São Paulo in Brazil, Tokyo, Paris, Ljubljana, Alexandria in Egypt as well as in the Rome Quadrennial and the Milano Triennial. He has had one-man shows in important cities both in Italy and around the world. Of particular importance are his large 1990 traveling show in Spain curated by Enzo di Martino and his retrospective exhibition at Venice’s Ca’ Pesaro Museum of Modern Art. His works are found in museums of modern art in Chicago, Milan, Florence, Mulhouse, New York, Paris, Warsaw, Stockholm, Vienna and of course in Venice. His work has been profoundly influenced by regularly attending musical events like those at Teatro la Fenice or the Venice Biennial’s Festival Of Contemporary Music. Licata's unmistakable pictorial-graphic writing that began to take shape in the 1950s was inspired by music.

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Creator: Riccardo Licata
Double incalmo e murrina by Riccardo Licata
Double incalmo e murrina by Riccardo Licata

Double incalmo e murrina by Riccardo Licata

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Venini Riccardo Licata Murano Doppio Incalmo Murrine Italian Art Glass Vase
Venini Riccardo Licata Murano Doppio Incalmo Murrine Italian Art Glass Vase

Venini Riccardo Licata Murano Doppio Incalmo Murrine Italian Art Glass Vase

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Double incalmo e murrina by Riccardo Licata
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Double incalmo e murrina by Riccardo Licata

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Double incalmo e murrina Riccardo Licata – Blown glass vase – Venini Murano. Vase with an irregular flattened cross-section in double incalmo blue and green transparent glass. Centra...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Riccardo Licata Vases and Vessels

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Riccardo Licata vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.

Riccardo Licata vases and vessels are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. Many of the original vases and vessels by Riccardo Licata were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider vases and vessels by Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM), Archimede Seguso, and Dino Martens. Prices for Riccardo Licata vases and vessels can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $4,000 and can go as high as $9,518, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $6,759.