Germann
Il camino degli Dei, 1958
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Il camino degli Dei, 1958
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mario Nigro
Born : 1917Died : 1992Documented citizenships : Italy
Italian painter Mario Nigro, born in Pistoia in 1917 and deceased in Livorno in 1992, brought together scientific studies, music and painting in his career. After his family moved to Livorno in 1929, he pursued studies at the University of Pisa, where he obtained a degree in chemistry in 1940 and then one in pharmacology in 1947. Alongside his university studies, he studied music and painting.
He worked as a pharmacologist while devoting himself increasingly to art from 1948 onwards. After an initial post-Cubist period, he joined the Movimento Arte Concreta; in the late 1940s, he turned to abstract art and developed several series. In 1949, he travelled to Milan and presented his first solo exhibition there, at the Libreria Salto. He took part in the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles in Paris in 1951. In 1958, he gave up his career as a pharmacologist.
His participation in the Venice Biennale began with an invitation to the 32nd Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Città di Venezia in 1964 and continued in 1968. A sale listing describes Il camino degli Dei, dated 1958, as a signed oil on canvas measuring 500 × 650 mm. The lot was sold by Germann Auktionshaus for CHF 3,200, excluding fees.
This profile brings together identity references for Mario Nigro and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Documented auction references
6auction references
2auction houses
1documented result with a price
Germann · Dobiaschofsky
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Works recorded at auction
Germann
Ti vedrò ancora, 1974
Tempera on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Ti vedrò ancora, 1974
Tempera auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Malinconia, 1975
Tempera on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Malinconia, 1975
Tempera auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Spazio totale, 1955
Tempera auf Karton.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Germann
Spazio totale, 1956
Mixed media on paper
Original catalogue wording
Spazio totale, 1956
Mischtechnik auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Abstrakte Komposition auf grünem Grund.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Abstrakte Komposition auf grünem Grund.
Öl und Acryl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 10000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6500
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- Reference record
- ICCD-ArCo · CC-BY-4.0; Ministero della Cultura / ICCD-ArCo
- ICCD-ArCo · CC-BY-4.0; Ministero della Cultura / ICCD-ArCo. Reference link only; no image copied.
- LOMBARDIA-CULTURA · CC0-1.0
- LoC · Public domain (id.loc.gov authority metadata; link only)
- Documentary source
- Documentary source
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