By Valerio Adami
Located in Weesp, NL
Valerio Adami (b. 1935)
Paysage de Ruines
Screenprint in colors, 1970s–80s
Limited Edition: 24/100
Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
Dimensions:
Image size (including signature): H 59 cm × W 76.5 cm
In inches: H 23.2 in × W 30.1 in
A striking and rare limited edition screenprint by the celebrated Italian artist Valerio Adami, titled Paysage de Ruines. Executed in his unmistakable style, the work features bold black contours enclosing vibrant blocks of color, creating a dramatic composition that balances figuration with abstraction.
This print is hand-signed and numbered 24/100 in pencil by the artist, underscoring its exclusivity and collectible value.
About the Artist
Valerio Adami (b. 1935, Bologna) is one of Italy’s most important postwar painters and printmakers. A student of Felice Carena and influenced early on by Léger, Adami developed his signature style in the 1960s: a fusion of Pop Art color fields, comic strip outlines, and complex allegorical themes. His works often explore cultural memory, history, literature, and philosophy.
Adami’s works are held in major museum collections worldwide, including the Tate Modern (London), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid). His prints and paintings have been widely exhibited and remain highly sought after by collectors of European modernism.
This limited edition print encapsulates Adami’s unique ability to merge narrative depth with striking graphic clarity—an exceptional acquisition for discerning collectors.
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Valerio Adami (born 17 March 1935) is an Italian painter. Educated at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, he has since worked in both London and Paris. His art is influenced by Pop Art. Adami was born in Bologna. In 1945, at the age of ten, he began to study painting under the instruction of Felice Carena. He was accepted into the Brera Academy (Accademia di Brera) in 1951, and there studied as a draughtsman until 1954 in the studio of Achille Funi. In 1955 he went to Paris, where he met and was influenced by Roberto Matta and Wifredo Lam. His first solo exhibition came in 1959 in Milan. In his early career, Adami's works were expressionistic, but by the time of his second exhibition in 1964 at Kassel, he had developed a style of painting reminiscent of French Cloisonnism, featuring regions of flat color bordered by black lines. Unlike Gauguin, however, Adami's subjects were highly stylized and often presented in fragments, as seen in Telescoping Rooms (1965). In the 1970s, Adami began to address politics in his art, and incorporated subject matter such as modern European history, literature, philosophy, and mythology. In 1971, he and his brother Giancarlo created the film Vacances dans le désert. In 1974 he illustrated a Helmut Heissenbuttel poem, Occasional Poem No. 27. Ten Lessons on the Reich with ten original lithographs {Gallerie Maeght...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Prints
