PIERO DORAZIO

Piero Dorazio (Rome, June 29, 1927 - Perugia, May 17, 2005) was an Italian painter. His work was related to color field painting, lyrical abstraction and other forms of abstract art.

​

In 1945, together with other artists, he founded the Ariete group and then the Social Art Group.​​ In 1950, he participated in the organisation of the gallery of the Age d’Or group in Rome and Florence, and in 1952, he became a promoter of the international foundation Origine in Rome, which published the periodical ‘Visual Arts’

 

A few years later he is in America where he  gets in touch with artists such as De Kooning, Rotkho, Pollock and Barney Newman. He also meets Hans Richter, a friendship that will last a lifetime:  his movies about abstract rhythms greatly influence his artistic style, far from both Informal and even Gestural Expressionism.

​​

​

Selected past exhibitions: 

​

Mart, Rovereto (2015)

Macro, Roma (2015)

Estorik Collection, Londra (2013)

Gagosian Beverly Hills, NY (2010)

Gagosian Gallery London (2007)

Venice Biennale (1952, 1960, 1966, 1988)

​​

​

Selected public collections:

 

Tate Gallery, Londra, England

GAM, Torino, Italy

Fine Arts Museum San Francisco, California, USA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Galleria Nazionale, Rome, Italy