Lucio Fontana

Italian · 1899–1968 · Painter, Sculptor

Lucio Fontana was an Italian sculptor, painter, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstraction. Some of these ideas can be seen in his… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1964-1965, waterpaint on canvasConcetto spaziale, AttesePhillips · $3,015,000≈ £2,230,855≈ €2,554,003Sign up to see
  2. Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Attesa, 1964, waterpaint on canvasConcetto spaziale, AttesaPhillips · $2,345,000≈ £1,467,367≈ €1,750,784Sign up to see
  3. Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1959-1960, bronzeConcetto spaziale, NaturaPhillips · £1,629,000≈ $2,146,045≈ €1,847,490Sign up to see

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Lucio Fontana was an Italian sculptor, painter, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstraction. Some of these ideas can be seen in his slashed canvases and his use of neon as a media, like his Milan Triennale piece.

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Born 1899, RosarioDied 1968, ComabbioOccupation Painter, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q312392 ↗ULAN 500031629 ↗

Movimento Arte ConcretaMovimento Spaziale

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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