Name Mario Donizetti | Role Essayist | |
Mario donizetti mostra a orzinuovi
Mario Donizetti (23 January 1932) is an Italian painter, essayist from Bergamo, Lombardy.
Contents
- Mario donizetti mostra a orzinuovi
- Mostra di mario donizetti dal 09 04 2011 al 19 06 2011 parte 3
- Biography
- Works
- Exhibitions
- Essays
- Mario Donizetti in museums
- References
Mostra di mario donizetti dal 09 04 2011 al 19 06 2011 parte 3
Biography
Scientific technical researches have led him to use for his works absolutely innovative techniques such as his personal egg-yolk tempera varnished and glazed as well as his personal encausto and his "encaustic pastel".
Founder, in 1977, of the "Centre for Research Techniques of Arts" and in 2003 of the "Donizetti School-Museum" online (donizetti-museoscuola.it), Donizetti also contributes to newspapers and magazines with essays on aesthetics and diagnosis of restoration.
In 1983 he was given the honour of an anthological exhibition in the halls of the Ambrosiana Museum in Milan.
Works
Notable the "Crucifix" in The Treasury Museum of the Vatican Basilica; the frescos and the altar piece in the historical Basilica in Pontida; his portraits, some of which – such as that of Pope John Paul II (now in the National Portrait Gallery (United States) in Washington, D.C.) have been published on the covers of Time (magazine); his "Commedia dell’Arte" in the "Spajani Raccolta" GAMEC and his "La Carità" in the "Margherita Cassis Faraone Collection".