Riccardo Licata (1929 - 2014)

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Riccardo Licata

Riccardo Licata is an Italian artist known for his large mosaic paintings in public spaces in Europe.

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and was an active member of the international artistic movement "Space".

Licata showed his multifaceted talents in different fields of art: he worked on theatrical sets and costumes, was a sculptor and engraver, master of mosaics and a glass designer.

But his most important brainchild is the artistic language he created, a kind of alphabet consisting of symbols and graphic strokes that will characterize most of his works. These features, which Licata himself defines as imaginary letters, "graphic and pictorial writing" that draws inspiration from the language of music, are used by the artist to create works that will make him famous.

Licata lived and worked in Paris and Venice, was appointed professor of mosaics at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, professor of fine arts at the Sorbonne and of printmaking at the Académie Götz (Paris).

Date and place of birt:20 december 1929, Torino, Italy
Date and place of death:19 february 2014, Venice, Italy
Nationality:Italy, France
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Designer, Engraver, Graphic artist, Painter, Sculptor
Art school / group:Italian school
Art style:Abstract art, Post War Art, Light and Space, Contemporary art
Medium:Mosaic glass

Creators Italy

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Johann Georg Platzer (1704 - 1761)
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1704 - 1761
Luigi Russolo (1885 - 1947)
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1885 - 1947
Louis Christian Hess (1895 - 1944)
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1895 - 1944
Franz Xaver Kosler (1864 - 1905)
Franz Xaver Kosler
1864 - 1905
Lucio Del Pezzo (1933 - 2020)
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1933 - 2020
Leonardo Cremonini (1925 - 2010)
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1925 - 2010
Angelo Pavan (1893 - 1945)
Angelo Pavan
1893 - 1945
Anton Maria Maragliano (1664 - 1739)
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1664 - 1739
Giulio Campagnola (1482 - 1516)
Giulio Campagnola
1482 - 1516
Carletto Caliari (1570 - 1596)
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1570 - 1596
Giovanni Mannozzi (1592 - 1636)
Giovanni Mannozzi
1592 - 1636
Giovanni Antonio Grecolini (1675 - 1725)
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1675 - 1725
Giacomo del Pò (1654 - 1726)
Giacomo del Pò
1654 - 1726
Francesco Hayez (1791 - 1882)
Francesco Hayez
1791 - 1882
Ugo Carà (1908 - 2004)
Ugo Carà
1908 - 2004

Creators Abstract art

Jack Goldstein (1945 - 2003)
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1945 - 2003
Herman Brood (1946 - 2001)
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1946 - 2001
Vladimir Nikolaevich Gorislavtsev (1939)
Vladimir Nikolaevich Gorislavtsev
1939
Christian Hasucha (1955)
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1955
Lev Fedorovich Zhegin (1892 - 1969)
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1892 - 1969
Ivan Vasilevich Vasilev (1919 - ?)
Ivan Vasilevich Vasilev
1919 - ?
Peter Bömmels (1951)
Peter Bömmels
1951
Otto Ulmer (1904 - 1973)
Otto Ulmer
1904 - 1973
Alejandro Otero (1921 - 1990)
Alejandro Otero
1921 - 1990
Rockwell Kent (1882 - 1971)
Rockwell Kent
1882 - 1971
Ralph Hinterkeuser (1959)
Ralph Hinterkeuser
1959
Karin Blum (1947)
Karin Blum
1947
Sarah Schumann (1933 - 2019)
Sarah Schumann
1933 - 2019
Rinko Kawauchi (1972)
Rinko Kawauchi
1972
Robert Cottingham (1935)
Robert Cottingham
1935
Lucio Del Pezzo (1933 - 2020)
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1933 - 2020
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