Antonio Calderara (1898-1976) - Ohne Titel (Orizzonte)

Antonio Calderara (1898-1976), without a title (Horizonte), 1971. No reserve!

Color serigraphy on cardboard, 18 x 6 cm image on 33 x 18 cm sheet.
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. 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 post-war art and is particularly known for his tightly composed, light-filled color-field paintings. After an early phase of figurative painting, Calderara from the 1950s developed a reduced, abstract visual language based on clear geometric structures, subtle color modulations, and a meditative handling of light.

His works are closely connected with international currents 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 United States. Today, paintings and works on paper by Antonio Calderara are represented in major museum collections and command steady demand on the international art market, particularly in the field of Italian abstract art of the 20th century.