Antonio Calderara (1898-1976) - Orizzonte





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Antonio Calderara, Orizzonte, 1971, screen print on cardboard measuring 33 × 18 cm (image 18 × 6 cm), limited edition of 49, hand-signed, in good condition, Germany origin.
Description from the seller
Antonio Calderara (1898-1976), untitled (Orizzonte), 1971. No reserve price!
Color serigraphy on cardboard, 18 x 6 cm on 33 x 18 cm.
Reverse side signed and dated. From an edition of 49.
Provenance: Edition Original 5 Hofhaus Presse Hans Möller, Düsseldorf/ Hubbelrath; Private collection Berlin.
Condition: Very good condition. The photos are part of the condition description.
Biography
Antonio Calderara (1903–1978) was an Italian painter of concrete and geometric abstraction. He is regarded as a central figure of European postwar art and is especially known for his strictly composed, light-filled color-field paintings. After an early phase of representational painting, Calderara from the 1950s developed a reduced, abstract visual language based on clear geometric structures, subtle color modulations, and a meditative treatment of light.
His works are closely connected with international movements such as Concrete Art and Minimalism. Calderara was a member of the group “Gruppo di ricerca estetica” and participated in major exhibitions in Europe and the USA. Today, paintings and works on paper by Antonio Calderara are represented in important museum collections and command stable demand on the international art market, particularly in the field of Italian abstract art of the 20th century.
Antonio Calderara (1898-1976), untitled (Orizzonte), 1971. No reserve price!
Color serigraphy on cardboard, 18 x 6 cm on 33 x 18 cm.
Reverse side signed and dated. From an edition of 49.
Provenance: Edition Original 5 Hofhaus Presse Hans Möller, Düsseldorf/ Hubbelrath; Private collection Berlin.
Condition: Very good condition. The photos are part of the condition description.
Biography
Antonio Calderara (1903–1978) was an Italian painter of concrete and geometric abstraction. He is regarded as a central figure of European postwar art and is especially known for his strictly composed, light-filled color-field paintings. After an early phase of representational painting, Calderara from the 1950s developed a reduced, abstract visual language based on clear geometric structures, subtle color modulations, and a meditative treatment of light.
His works are closely connected with international movements such as Concrete Art and Minimalism. Calderara was a member of the group “Gruppo di ricerca estetica” and participated in major exhibitions in Europe and the USA. Today, paintings and works on paper by Antonio Calderara are represented in important museum collections and command stable demand on the international art market, particularly in the field of Italian abstract art of the 20th century.

