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Mario Schifano

Mario Schifano (1934 - 1998) was active/lived in Italy, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.  Mario Schifano is known for Avant-garde painting, photography, art restoration.

Following is The New York Times obituary of Mario Schifano

Mario Schifano, 63, Avant-Garde Painter
Published: February 2, 1998
  
Mario Schifano, one of Italy's best-known contemporary painters, died on Jan. 26 at the Santo Spirito Hospital in Rome. He was 63 and lived in Rome.

The cause was a heart attack, his doctors said.

Mr. Schifano was born in Homs, Libya, in 1934. He moved to Rome with his family after World War II and began working as a restorer with his father at the Etruscan museum of Villa Giulia in Rome.

He began painting during the late 1950's and soon became one of the leading members of the avant-garde school that took its name from the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

But it was not until his return in the early 60's from a prolonged stay in New York City, where he participated in the New Realist group show alongside Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg and Jasper Johns, that he made his mark on Italian art wit   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2650 characters.]  Artist bio

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Tempo Moderno , 1962

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La stanza dei Disegni , 1962

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Grande Particolare (Large Detail) , 1963

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Milano , 1962

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CON ANIMA , 1965

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7 AGOSTO 1961

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