Walter Valentini (1928) - Viaggio

Magnificent etching with gold leaf retouch, 50 x 120 cm, on heavy handmade Colombe paper - Moulin de Larroque.
Very low edition: VII / XXX. Shipped in a tube.

Walter Valentini (Pergola, 22 October 1928 – Milan, 20 May 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor and printmaker, internationally recognized in the field of graphic arts and engraving.

He was a master of techniques such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, color lithography, and intaglio.
Born in Pergola (Pesaro-Urbino) in 1928, he trained in Rome, where he studied under Consagra, Turcato and Cagli, and in Milan with masters Veronesi, Huber and Steiner. Settling in Milan in 1955, the artist worked, in the last thirty years, on large cycles of works that express his interest in the ideal representation of space and time. In 1977 he was invited to the 47th Venice Biennale and in 1999 to the Rome Quadriennale.
Numerous recognitions include the Michetti Prize, the first prize at the International Biennale of Ibiza, Listowel and Krakow. In 2006, in Piazza S. Ambrogio in Milan, a large bronze sculpture, "MEMORIA", was installed, dedicated to the fallen of the Vicenza Division in Russia. In 2008 a major retrospective was dedicated to him in Ancona at the Mole Vanvitelliana. In 2014, at the Osvaldo Licini House Museum in Monte Vidon Corrado, the retrospective “Siderea mensura” was hosted. From 1 April to 30 October 2017, the exhibition “The Rigour of Geometry, the Fractures of Art” was held at the Centro d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in La Spezia. From 8 December 2018 to 3 February 2019, the exhibition “… as at the limit of infinite time” was held at the Urbino Albani Gallery.
From 24 September to 26 October 2019 at Galleria Cortina in Milan, on the occasion of the presentation of the book “90” published by Colophonarte for the artist’s 90th birthday, the exhibition “Walter Valentini. Nine for Ninety” took place.