SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Virgilio Guidi, a painter and poet born in Rome in 1891 and deceased in Venice in 1984, is also described as an essayist and sculptor. His documented career thus links several practices, although the available sources do not specify how they relate to one another. The eldest of nine children, he grew up in an environment in which his father worked as a sculptor and also devoted himself to archaeology and poetry. In 1914, Guidi joined the Secessione Romana group. He took part in the Venice Biennales of 1920, 1922 and 1924. The source places him at that time among the artists exhibiting alongside Carlo Carrà, Giorgio De Chirico, Giorgio Morandi and Ardengo Soffici.
Among the dated works are La visita, La donna delle uova and Il tram, all three from 1922, followed by La Giudecca (1928), La Cavalcata (1930) and La Studentessa (1939). La visita is reported to be in a private collection in Milan. Several works are mentioned in public or foundation collections: Soffitto and Marina spaziale in the Calderara Foundation Collection in Milan, and Figure nello spazio, Marina and Laguna at the Gallerie di Palazzo Leoni Montanari in Vicenza. A Self-Portrait is reported in the gallery of self-portraits in the Vasari Corridor at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The bibliography devoted to Guidi includes, among other works, an entry by Giuseppe Mazzariol in Pittura italiana contemporanea, published in 1958, as well as two art publications issued in Bologna, in 1964 under the direction of Toni Toniato and in 1973 under that of Marcello Azzolini.
This profile brings together identity references for Virgilio Guidi and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
21 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Kornfeld, Germann, Piguet. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
"S. Giorgio, Venezia".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-11-07
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Architetture cosmiche/Architettura umana
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-02
Published result : 1000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 1200
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Vaso di fiori
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-02
Published result : 500 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 600
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Nuove figure
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-02
Published result : 1300 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 800
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Catalogue period : 2023-06-02
Published result : 400 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 500
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I tondi/Architettura cosmica
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-02
Published result : 850 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 500
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Gli alberi
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-02
Published result : 500 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 600
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Figure agitate/Periodo bianco
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-02
Published result : 950 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 800
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Oil on canvas
S. Giorgio
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2022-11-24 — 2022-12-07
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 800–1200
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Incontro
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2022-06-03
Published result : 950 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 800
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Le grandi teste
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2022-06-03
Published result : 1800 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 1000
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Testa fondo giallo
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2022-06-03
Published result : 750 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 800
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Marina di San Giorgio
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2020-09-17
Published result : 3200 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Testa tragica
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2020-09-04
Published result : 1500 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 2000
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Cielo antico
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2020-09-04
Published result : 2400 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 2000
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Aquarell und Kugelschreiber
Catalogue period : 2019-05-09
Published result : 100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 100
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Oil on canvas
"S. Giorgio".
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 1900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2800
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Aquarell und Kugelschreiber
Catalogue period : 2017-05-11
Published result : 220 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300
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Gesicht.
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2400
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Oil on canvas
Isola di San Giorgio, 1969
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
"Bacino S. Marco".
Öl auf Leinwand
Date to be documented
Published result : 550 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
