Antonio Calderara (1898-1976) - Orizzonte

Antonio Calderara (1898-1976), without title (Orizzonte), 1971. No reserve price!

Color screenprint on cardboard, 18 x 6 cm on 33 x 18 cm.
Signed and dated on the back. From an edition of 49.

Provenance: Edition Original 5 Hofhaus Presse Hans Möller, Düsseldorf/ Hubbelrath; Private collection Berlin.

Condition: Very good condition. 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 postwar European art and is especially known for his rigorously composed, light-filled color-field paintings. After an early phase of figurative painting, Calderara developed from the 1950s 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 significant exhibitions in Europe and the USA. Today, paintings and works on paper by Antonio Calderara are represented in major museum collections and command stable demand on the international art market, particularly in the field of 20th-century Italian abstract art.