About Ettore Spalletti
1940–present
Italian artist known for pale monochrome paintings and sculptures whose delicate surfaces and quiet palette evoke the light of Abruzzo.
Read full biography →Ettore Spalletti's works are held in 3 museums worldwide, including Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Musée d'art moderne de Paris, and Musée National d'Art Moderne.
🇧🇪 Belgium
1 museum
Also in BelgiumStedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (4)
🇫🇷 France
2 museums
Also in FranceMusée d'art moderne de Paris (1)Musée National d'Art Moderne (1)
Frequently Asked Questions
Who was Ettore Spalletti?
Ettore Spalletti was an Italian artist who lived and worked his entire life in Cappelle sul Tavo. His monochrome paintings and sculptures have been compared to the works of Piero della Francesca and Mantegna. He insisted that there was no useful distinction between art and life.What was Ettore Spalletti's art style?
Spalletti's art style is rooted in monochrome painting and sculpture. His canvases and panels are built up in layers of powdered pigment mixed into gesso, creating fragile surfaces. His simple forms include columns, amphoras, ovoid vessels, and circles.What is Ettore Spalletti known for?
Spalletti is known for monochrome painting and sculpture using powdered pigment mixed into gesso. His palette included pale azure, sage green, lavender, and salmon, colours he drew from the Abruzzo sky and mountain light. He exhibited at Documenta in both 1982 and 1992, and represented Italy at the Venice Biennale in 1997.
Sources
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- [1] wikipedia Wikipedia: Ettore Spalletti Used for: biography.
- [2] book guggenheim-osmosi00cela Used for: biography.
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