The painter-sculptor Roberto Crippa was born in Milan in 1921. He studied at the Brera Art Academy in Milan where he was the fellow student of Aldo Carpi, Achille Funi and Carlo Carrá.
At the beginning of his career, like lots of young painters of his generation, Roberto Crippa was influenced by neo-Cubism. His first solo exhibition was at the Bergamini Gallery in Milan in 1947.
The artist was one of the first in Italy to practice gestural painting, which can be seen in his sharply colored spiral webs (ca. 1948–52). In 1948, Crippa became one of the founding members of the Spacialist group, a group founded around Lucio Fontana, whose objective was to search for a new spatial representation by technical means that was resolutely modern. At the same time, Crippa began to participate regularly in group exhibitions and, notably, the Biennale of Venice.
Later he devoted himself to what the artist called "Collages," cut-out forms that animate static surfaces. Crippa played with the effects of matter on rough, thick surfaces such as wood or bark as well as with plant elements on smooth, shiny metal or on transparent elements. His research naturally led him toward sculpture and from 1956 onward he constructed numerous cut-out, welded metal works of insects and monsters that are in line with the work of Lynn Chadwick. Crippa was interested in movement in space.
In parallel with his painting and sculpture, Roberto Crippa also experimented with graphic work (engravings, lithographs and illustrated books). During the mid-1960s, he moved toward monochrome reliefs, which he most often painted in tones of gray.
The artist died in a plane crash in 1972 in Bresso. He was 50 years old.
Find a collection of Roberto Crippa art on 1stDibs.
(Biography provided by Galleria d'arte Pirra)
Spiral - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - 1960s
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized in 1950s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 75. Very good condition.
Lithograph
Owl - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - Mid-20th Century
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on paper. Unsigned and unnumered, as issued. Dry stamp of Il Torchio. Very good condition.
Lithograph
Plate I from Suns/Landscapes - Etching by R. Crippa - 1971/72
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 32 x 24 cm. Plate I from Suns/Landscapes is an original artwork realized beetween 1971 and 1972 by Roberto Crippa. Mixed oclored etching. Signed on plate on the lower margin. Numbere on the lower left. Edition 23/100. The artwork is from the portfolio Sun/Landscape, edited by Graphis Arte Livorno. Colorful and power artwork with a mixed composition of geometrical shapes and with different contrasting colors. Gaetano Crippa known as Roberto Crippa (Monza, 1921 - Bresso, 1972) was an Italian painter, sculptor and aviator. He started painting in 1945, with a figurative style and cubist influence close to Picasso's style. He joined the spatial movement with Lucio Fontana, Gian Carozzi...
Etching
Composition - Mixed Media on Wooden Panel by Roberto Crippa - Mid-20th century
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized in the mid-20th century by Roberto Crippa. Mixed media (tempera and collage) on wooden panel. Signature on the back. Includes frame: 65 x 6 x 64 cm Colorful and power artwork with a mixed composition of geometrical shapes and with different contrasting colors. Gaetano Crippa known as Roberto Crippa (Monza, 1921 - Bresso, 1972) was an Italian painter, sculptor and aviator. He started painting in 1945, with a figurative style and cubist influence close to Picasso's style. He joined the spatial movement with Lucio Fontana, Gian Carozzi...
Mixed Media
Spiral - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - 1960s
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized in 1960s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 75. Very good condition.
Lithograph
Spiral - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - 1960s
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized in 1960s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 75. Very good condition.
Lithograph
Spiral - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - 1950s
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized in 1950s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 75. Very good condition.
Lithograph
Plate III from Suns/Landscapes - Etching by R. Crippa - 1971/72
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24 x 32 cm. Plate III from Suns/Landscapes is an original artwork realized beetween 1971 and 1972 by Roberto Crippa. Mixed oclored etching. Signed on plate on the lower margin. Numbere on the lower left. Edition 23/100. The artwork is from the portfolio Sun/Landscape, edited by Graphis Arte Livorno. Colorful and power artwork with a mixed composition of geometrical shapes and with different contrasting colors. Gaetano Crippa known as Roberto Crippa (Monza, 1921 - Bresso, 1972) was an Italian painter, sculptor and aviator. He started painting in 1945, with a figurative style and cubist influence close to Picasso's style. He joined the spatial movement with Lucio Fontana, Gian Carozzi...
Etching
Plate IV from Suns/Landscapes - Etching by R. Crippa - 1971/72
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24 x 32 cm. Plate IV from Suns/Landscapes is an original artwork realized beetween 1971 and 1972 by Roberto Crippa. Mixed oclored etching. Signed on plate on the lower margin. Numbere on the lower left. Edition 23/100. The artwork is from the portfolio Sun/Landscape, edited by Graphis Arte Livorno. Colorful and power artwork with a mixed composition of geometrical shapes and with different contrasting colors. Gaetano Crippa known as Roberto Crippa (Monza, 1921 - Bresso, 1972) was an Italian painter, sculptor and aviator. He started painting in 1945, with a figurative style and cubist influence close to Picasso's style. He joined the spatial movement with Lucio Fontana, Gian Carozzi...
Etching
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - 1972
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper realized in 1972. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 500. Excellent condition.
Lithograph
Plate VI from Suns/Landscapes -Etching by R. Crippa - 1971/72
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24 x 32 cm. Plate VI from Suns/Landscapes is an original artwork realized beetween 1971 and 1972 by Roberto Crippa. Mixed oclored etching. Signed on plate on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower left. Edition 23/100. The artwork is from the portfolio Sun/Landscape, edited by Graphis Arte Livorno. Colorful and power artwork with a mixed composition of geometrical shapes and with different contrasting colors. Gaetano Crippa known as Roberto Crippa (Monza, 1921 - Bresso, 1972) was an Italian painter, sculptor and aviator. He started painting in 1945, with a figurative style and cubist influence close to Picasso's style. He joined the spatial movement with Lucio Fontana, Gian Carozzi...
Etching
$2,311
The Swallow Charlot - Rare Book by Roberto Crippa, Raffaele Carrieri - 1957
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 108 copies of which ten out of commerce. This copy includes 5 original lithographs by Roberto Crippa. This poem by Raffaele Carrieri, translated in English by Roberto Sane...
Paper
$1,100
H 25.25 in W 19.25 in D 1 in
Mid Century Chevaux et Cavalières La Nuit Lithograph
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Nocturnal Horses with Riders Under Moonlight Lithograph Limited Edition Compelling nocturnal lithograph of two women on horseback by ...
Paper, Lithograph
Diamonds & Squares
By Jonathan Higgins
Located in New York, NY
JONATHAN HIGGINS is a printmaker whose work juxtaposes watery pigments with rigidly linear compositions. He is currently master printer at Manneken Press...
Lithograph
$1,733
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Wassily Kandinsky - Horse Knight - Original Etching
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Wassily Kandinsky - Horse Knight - Original Etching 32 x 24 cm 1966 From the art review XXe siècle, San Lazzaro Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Etching
Jeu de la Cape
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph in black ink was created by the artist in 1961. From A Los Toros avec Picasso, this lithograph is dated 6.3.61.III in the stone and measures 10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm...
Lithograph
Les Banderillas
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
This original lithograph in black ink was created by the artist in 1961. From A Los Toros avec Picasso, this lithograph is dated 6.3.61.IV in the stone and measures 10 x 13 in. (25.4...
Lithograph
$1,733
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in
"Between Walls", Textured and Colored Geometrical Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Françoise Duprat
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork features a tangle of white and blue rectangles and basic geometrical shapes over a textured substrate. On the middle top, aquamrine/turquoise almost vertical bands fall from the top, and a dark red pile occupies the middle of the canvas. Most of Françoise Duprat...
Canvas, Mixed Media
$566Sale Price|50% Off
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Wings. 1975., Woodcut, 70x50 cm
By Dainis Rozkalns
Located in Riga, LV
Wings. 1975., Woodcut, 70x50 cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications. The main directions of Rožkalns' professiona...
Paper, Woodcut
$1,848
H 18.12 in W 11.42 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) - Love's Labour's Lost - Drypoint etching - 1970
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching on paper on Rives paper, edited in 1970. Limited edition, numbered as 157/250 in lower left corner. Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner. Plate size: 17...
Drypoint, Etching
$9,000
H 34 in W 27 in
Joel Shapiro, Untitled, abstract geometric limited edition etching, 1992
By Joel Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
Joel Shapiro's post-minimalist work often references the human body, in a variety of poses, represented by geometric forms. In Untitled, 1992, a blue square is seated firmly atop a black rectangle, which has landed in a seeming haphazard manner within the view frame. The forms have light, sketchy lines around them, reminiscent of Futurist dynamism markings or perhaps a draftsman's study of dimensions. In the upper right, a series of these sketchy markings seem situated somewhere between motion and form. Shapiro has assembled mechanism, geometry, balance, fluid, solid and motion into this dynamic etching, which was produced by Pace Prints...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,600
H 21 in W 17 in
1916 German Expressionism Figurative Lithograph Man Two Horses Paul Kleinschmidt
By Paul Kleinschmidt
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Kleinschmidt, (1883–1949) "Man & Two Horses" Lithograph 1916 Frame: 21" X 17" Image: 13.5" X 10.5" Rare Artist's Proof Provenance: bears labels from ACA Galleries and Richard ...
Lithograph
$566Sale Price|50% Off
H 23.63 in W 22.84 in D 0.04 in
The snow was blowing. 1973, Paper, linocut, print size 45x50 cm; total 60x58 cm
By Dainis Rozkalns
Located in Riga, LV
The snow was blowing. 1973, Paper, linocut, print size 45x50 cm; total 60x58 cm artworks from the cycle "Story about Latvian rifleman" Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic...
Paper, Linocut
L'Ecuyere
By Massimo Campigli, 1895-1971
Located in Wiscasett, ME
MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971 Florenz 1895-1971 St. Tropez (Italian) Title: L'Ecuyere, 1954 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Lithograph in Colours on BFK Rives Wove Paper Th...
Lithograph
Sold
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Owl - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - Mid-20th Century
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on paper. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 19/50. Dry stamp "Il Torchio", Milan. Very good condition.
Lithograph
Sold
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Owl - Lithograph by Roberto Crippa - Mid-20th Century
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on paper. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 15/50. Dry stamp of "Il Torchio", Milan.
Lithograph
Landscape
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Milan, IT
Mixed media collage on board, with cork and canvas. On the back is a label with stamps of the Sant'Erasmo Gallery in Milan, with title and description of the work; also present is t...
Mixed Media
Sold
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.08 in
Owl - Screen Print by Roberto Crippa - 1960s
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Owl is a screen print artwork realized in the 1960s by Roberto Crippa. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Artist's proof. Good conditions. Gaetano Crippa known as Roberto Crippa (Monza, 1921 - Bresso, 1972) was an Italian painter, sculptor and aviator. He started painting in 1945, with a figurative style and cubist influence close to Picasso's style. He joined the spatial movement with Lucio Fontana, Gian Carozzi...
Screen
Sold
H 24.02 in W 19.69 in D 0.6 in
Totem - Oil on Canvas by Roberto Crippa - 1953
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Totem is an original artwork realized in 1953 by Roberto Crippa. Original oil on masonite. Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin: Crippa 53. Certificate of autenticity on ph...
Oil