Mario Francesconi Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. The work of strong emotional impact proposes an almost monochromatic purple background, in which a few black and white lines are inserted to define a curled up shape on the left, perhaps a human form, collected and closed in on itself. Born in 1934 in Viareggio, where he still lives, the painter and sculptor Mario Francesconi is considered one of the few survivors of Dadaism, which from the late fifties has crossed the seasons of Italian and European art in a distinctly personal search for forms and techniques. Starting from his first solo show in 1959, he developed an artistic path that crosses several phases, often attributable to his passion for poor and recovered materials. His artistic activity moves between the fields of painting, sculpture, collage and installation and borders on the adjacent fields of poetry and literature, also thanks to friendships and professional relationships with some of the most significant figures of the Italian intellectual world of the second half of the last century, from Emilio Villa to Cesare Garboli, from Leonardo Sciascia to Mario Luzi, from Cesare Zavattini to Pier Paolo Pasolini, from Alfonso Gatto to Sandro Penna to Venturino Venturi. The work is presented in a frame. Product Condition: Product in good condition, with minor signs of wear. Frame Dimensions (cm): Height: 67 Width: 97 Depth: 5 Work Dimensions (cm): Height: 50 Width: 80 ARARCO0154374