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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Luigi Marengo (1928 - 2010)
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Ubertino da Casale (1259 - 1330)
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1454 - 1513
Marco Antonio Bassetti (1586 - 1630)
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Tommaso Redi (1665 - 1726)
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1665 - 1726
Matteo Ricci (1552 - 1610)
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Fausto Melotti (1901 - 1986)
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Cristoforo De Amicis (1902 - 1987)
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1902 - 1987
Clemente Spera (1662 - 1742)
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1662 - 1742
Getulio Alviani (1939 - 2018)
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1939 - 2018
Girolamo Siciolante Da Sermoneta (1521 - 1580)
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1521 - 1580
Piero Manzoni (1933 - 1963)
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1933 - 1963
Gabriele Devecchi (1938 - 2011)
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1938 - 2011
Joseph Stella (1877 - 1946)
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1877 - 1946
Matteo Bonechi (1669 - 1756)
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1669 - 1756

Creators Abstract art

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1938
Andre Mare (1885 - 1932)
Andre Mare
1885 - 1932
Gabi Hamm (1956)
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1956
Simon Denny (1982)
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José Luis Cuevas (1934 - 2017)
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1934 - 2017
Johannes Nawrath (1955)
Johannes Nawrath
1955
Chun Kwang Young (1944)
Chun Kwang Young
1944
Scout Zabinski (1997)
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Ingrid Donat (1957)
Ingrid Donat
1957
Vladimir Mikhailovich Gorodetskii (1924 - 1977)
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Joseph Csaky (1888 - 1971)
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1888 - 1971
Earl Kerkam (1891 - 1965)
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1891 - 1965
Peter Lindbergh (1944 - 2019)
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1944 - 2019
Alexander Serafimovich Kotlyarov (1945)
Alexander Serafimovich Kotlyarov
1945
Paolo Valle (1948)
Paolo Valle
1948
Peter Benjamin Graham (1925 - 1987)
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1925 - 1987