Fabrizio Clerici

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Fabrizio Clerici, 1946

Fabrizio Clerici (born May 15, 1913 in Milan ; † June 9, 1993 in Rome ) was an Italian architect and fantastic - surrealist draftsman , graphic artist , painter and set designer .

Life

Clerici was born in Milan to a long-established upper-class family who moved to Rome in 1920. He attended the Jesuit-run Collegio Massimo from 1922 to 1928, after which he enrolled at the Liceo Artistico at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, which he attended until 1931. In 1932 he began to study architecture at the Scuola Superiore di Architettura in Rome, which he completed in 1937. In Rome he met the writer and painter Alberto Savino (1881–1952), the brother of Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978). Marcello Piacentini brought him to work for the building of the Palace of Justice in Milan.

In Milan, Clerici met Giorgio de Chirico personally, who prompted him to take up and develop his artistic activity as a draftsman. From 1938 until the end of the war in 1945 he served in the Italian military. His first illustrations were published in 1941, and his first exhibitions were held in Milan and Rome in 1943. In 1944 he met the painter Leonor Fini (1908–1996) in Rome , in whose studio he was a frequent guest with the painter Stanislao Lepri (1905–1980). In 1947 he designed his first stage sets for the Teatro Nuovo in Milan. In 1948 he met Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) in Venice on the occasion of the XXIV Biennale.

After the war, Clerici finally settled in Rome again in 1949, where he met the German draftsman and painter Fabius von Gugel (1910–2000) at an exhibition of his works. He hired Gugel for the design of interiors and recommended him for the design of sets for opera performances in Rome. In 1952 and 1953 he undertook extensive trips to Sicily, Libya, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, as he was fascinated by the ancient oriental cultures, especially the Egyptian ones, from childhood, which is also reflected in his work found. A travel companion of Clericis, Vincenzo Consolo (1933–2012) published the novel Retablo in 1987 , which processed impressions from the common trip to Sicily.

After returning from his travels to the Near East, Clerici began painting panels, having previously created almost exclusively drawings. In the 1950s, 60s and 70s he was at the zenith of his work; his works have been shown in many exhibitions, especially in Italy, but also throughout Europe and overseas. In 1981 he suffered a heart attack from which he recovered, albeit slowly. In 1985 he received the Alcide de Casperi Prize for Painting in Rome , and in 1986 he became President of the Accademia di San Lucca in Rome.

Fabrizio Clerici died in Rome on June 9, 1993.

His biographer Raffaele Carrieri (born 1905) described him as follows: “Generation-old fatigue. A young man full of generosity, fragile and tough at the same time; equipped with that particular resilience that is often found in neurotics. A loner with excellent manners, restless and a little possessed by the devil. ” (Quoted from Wolfgang Sauré, Präzision und Phantasmorgie, in: Fabrizio Clerici, Frankenhausen 1996)

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The art historian Gustav René Hocke (1908–1985) saw Mannerist tendencies in Fabrizio Clerici's work . Together with Fabius von Gugel he assigned Clerici to the Neomanierists. Clerici's work shows influences from Egyptian antiquity as well as early modern mannerism, the grandiose Italian baroque art, German classicism, symbolism and the pittura metafisica of Italian modernism. Wolfgang Sauré describes Clerici's work as highly anti-naturalistic. In his graphic work, he sticks to the great role models, such as Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) and Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). In his pictures he often quotes the artists he admires, for example Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), whose island of the dead appears again and again in different variations in the truest sense of the word. His affinity for prehistoric times and antiquity is evident in his empty, desert-like and stone-laden landscapes. The ancient Egyptian funerary barge and the Horus falcon are motifs of one of his last pictures. His training as an architect can be seen in his numerous labyrinth and temple representations, which are constructed with a meticulous central perspective, as well as in his interior motifs.

Clerici's work is preserved by the Archivio Clerici, founded by the Clerici family and Giancarlo Renzetti in Rome in 1994.

Works

  • The great confession of Palermo (La grande confessione palermitana), around 1954, oil on panel, 130 × 205 cm, Milan, private collection
  • The Roman Sleep (Il sonno romano), 1955, oil on canvas, 90 × 150 cm, Rome, Accademia di San Luca
  • The Labyrinth (Il labirinto), 1966, oil on canvas, 50 × 40 cm, Rome, private collection
  • Corpus Hermeticum, 1972, oil on panel, 100 × 150 cm, Milan, private collection
  • The present (Le presenze), 1974, oil on panel, 120 × 120 cm, Bologna, Galleria Forni
  • Rigid Death (Mors stupebit), 1992, oil on panel, 80 × 100 cm, Rome, private collection

Stage works

  • 1947: La professione della signora Warren
  • 1948: Concerto Barocco
  • 1948: Orpheus
  • 1949: Didone ed Enea
  • 1949: Il sacrificio di Lucrezia
  • 1949: Incoronazione di Poppea
  • 1950: Armida
  • 1951: Visione nostalgica
  • 1952: Combat de Tancrède et Clorinde
  • 1952: Viaggio nella luna
  • 1953: La vedova scaltra
  • 1953–1954: La ninfa e il pastore
  • 1953: Il Maestro di musica
  • 1955: Turandot
  • 1957–1958: Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde
  • 1958: Orphée
  • 1958: L'aigle à deux têtes
  • 1958: Alcese
  • 1960: Lucrezia
  • 1960: Sansone e Dalila
  • 1960–1961: Sogno d'una notte d'estate
  • 1961: Orontea
  • 1962: Turandot
  • 1962: Macbeth
  • 1962: Gianni Schicchi
  • 1963: Alì Babà
  • 1963: The creatures of Prometheus
  • 1963: Estro barbarico
  • 1963: Salade
  • 1964: Il Flauto Magico
  • 1964: La Bibbia
  • 1964: Lo Spettro della Rosa
  • 1965: Didone ed Enea
  • 1968: Tre passi nel delirio
  • 1972: Dedalo
  • 1973: Marsia
  • 1981: Ifigenia in Tauride
  • 1991: Pasifale

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1943: Milan, Mostra personale di Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria d'Arte Cairola
  • 1943: Rome, Litografie e disegni di Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Minima Il Babuino
  • 1945: New York, Disegni di Fabrizio Clerici e acqueforti di G. Viviani, Julien Levy Gallery
  • 1946: Milano, Disegni di Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria del Naviglio
  • 1949: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria dell'Obelisco
  • 1950: Florence, Pitture e disegni di Fabrizio Clerici e Stanislao Lepri, Galleria Bruzzichelli
  • 1952: Paris, Fabrizio Clerici. Peintures & Dessins, Doucet Gallery
  • 1955: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria del Sagittario
  • 1955: New York, Fabrizio Clerici, Sagittarius Gallery
  • 1956: San Francisco, Fabrizio Clerici, California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum
  • 1956: Santa Barbara, Fabrizio Clerici, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art
  • 1957: Milan, Fabrizio Clerici dipinti e disegni, Galleria dell'Ariete
  • 1957: Merano, Piccola mostra grafica Fabrizio Clerici, Kursaal
  • 1959: Turin, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Galatea
  • 1960: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria dell'Obelisco
  • 1960: Tripoli, Fabrizio Clerici, Centro Italiano di Studi
  • 1961: Milan, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Minima
  • 1963: Milan, Scene e costumi di Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Attilio Colonnello
  • 1963: Rome, Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde, Center Culturel Français
  • 1963: Naples, Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde, Institut Français
  • 1968: Venice, Disegni di Clerici per L '“Orlando Furioso”, Fondazione Giorgio Cini
  • 1968: Berlin, paintings, gouaches, mixed media, drawings and illustrated books, Galerie des XX. Century
  • 1968: Berlin, stage and costume designs, Tempelhof town hall
  • 1969: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Iolas-Galatea
  • 1969: Ankara (Galleria dell'Istituto Francese di Cultura), Smirne (Galleria dell'Istituto Francese di Cultura), Istanbul (Galleria dell'Accademia dell'Arte Moderna), Toiles et dessins de Fabrizio Clerici, surréaliste Italy
  • 1969: Bologna, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Forni, 25 ottobre-14 novembre
  • 1970: Monaco, Clerici, RP Hartmann Gallery
  • 1971: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici. Disegni e tempere dal * 1962 al * 1971, Galleria Aldina
  • 1971: Hanover, Fabrizio Clerici, Galerie Brusberg
  • 1971–1972: Stoccarda, Fabrizio Clerici drawings and lithographs, Kunsthaus Fischinger
  • 1972: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Giulia
  • 1972: Turin, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Davico
  • 1972: Parma, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria della Rocchetta
  • 1973: Milan, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Trentadue
  • 1973: Palermo, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria La Tavolozza
  • 1973: Bologna, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Forni
  • 1974: Ferrara, Fabrizio Clerici. Disegni per l 'Orlando Furioso ”, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna-Palazzo dei Diamanti
  • 1974: Reggio Emilia, Fabrizio Clerici, Ridotto del Teatro Comunale
  • 1975: Pienza, Immagini dell '“Orlando Furioso”, Palazzo Comunale
  • 1975–1976: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici “Latitudine Böcklin”, Galleria Il Gabbiano
  • 1977: Kiev (Museo d'Arte Occidentale), Alma Ata (Museo di Belle Arti), Mosca (Museo Püskin), Tempere e disegni di Fabrizio Clerici
  • 1977: Florence, Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde, Istituto di Cultura Francese
  • 1978: Assisi, Tavole di Fabrizio Clerici per “Orlando Furioso” di Ludovico Ariosto, Museo del Tesoro di San Francesco
  • 1979: Rome, Variazioni Ariostesche, Galleria Cà d'Oro
  • 1979: Bologna, Fabrizio Clerici. Disegni per “Il Milione” di Marco Polo, Galleria Forni
  • 1979: Milan, Disegni, acquerelli e grafiche di Fabrizio Clerici for “Il Milione” di Marco Polo, Galleria del Naviglio
  • 1979: Turin, Fabrizio Clerici. Disegni per “Il Milione” di Marco Polo, Galleria Davico
  • 1980: Paris, Fabrizio Clerici (Fiac 80), Grand Palais
  • 1981: Palermo, Fabrizio Clerici. Disegni per “Il Milione” di Marco Polo, Galleria La Tavolozza
  • 1981: Brussels, Fabrizio Clerici, Philippe Guimiot Gallery
  • 1981: Bologna, Fabrizio Clerici. I disegni per the “Orlando Furioso”, Galleria d'Arte Moderna-Museo Civico
  • 1982: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Rimoldi-Ciasa de ra Regoles
  • 1982: Milan, Variazioni Tebane su “Thamos, King in Egypt”, Studio Steffanoni
  • 1983: Rome, Disegni di Fabrizio Clerici. “Alle cinque da Savinio”, Galleria Cà d'Oro
  • 1983: Turin, Variazioni Tebane see “Thamos, King in Egypt”, Galleria Davico
  • 1983: Paris, Fabrizio Clerici, Grand Palais
  • 1983: Cremona, Fabrizio Clerici, Palazzo del Comune
  • 1983–1984: Ferrara, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna-Palazzo dei Diamanti
  • 1984: Ivrea, Fabrizio Clerici, Centro Congressi La Serra
  • 1985: Ferrara, Disegni di Fabrizio Clerici, Studio d'Arte Melotti
  • 1985: London, Fabrizio Clerici, Solomon Gallery
  • 1985: Parma, Fabrizio Clerici, Consigli d'Arte
  • 1987: Caserta, Fabrizio Clerici. Qual linea al centro, Palazzo Reale
  • 1990: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici. Dipinti e disegni, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
  • 1990: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici. I disegni per the “Orlando Furioso”, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca
  • 1991: Milan, Fabrizio Clerici al Teatro alla Scala. Bozzetti e figurini 1953–1963. Ridotto dei palchi, Teatro alla Scala
  • 1994: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici. Opere inedite, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca
  • 1996: Bad Frankenhausen, Fabrizio Clerici 1913–1993, Panorama Museum
  • 1996: Orvieto, Fabrizio Clerici. I Corpi di Orvieto, Palazzo dei Sette
  • 1998: Cesena, Fabrizio Clerici, Galleria Comunale d'Arte
  • 1998: Cairo, Fabrizio Clerici. Ritorno in Egitto, Pittura e Scenografia, Akhnatoon Centro delle Arti - Zamalek
  • 1998: Stoccarda, Fabrizio Clerici, Galerie Götz
  • 1999: Conegliano, Fabrizio Clerici, opere 1928–1992, Palazzo Sarcinelli
  • 2004: Sperlonga, Fabrizio Clerici. Dipinti e opere su carta 1959–1989, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
  • 2004: Rome, Fabrizio Clerici Una retrospettiva, Complesso del Vittoriano
  • 2006–2007: Pordenone, Fabrizio Clerici Opere 1938–1990, Galleria Sagittaria
  • 2007: Marsala, Fabrizio Clerici Opere 1937–1992, Convento del Carmine

literature

  • Raffaele Carrieri, Fabrizio Clerici , 1955, Electa Editrice, Milan
  • Gerd Lindner (editor), Fabrizio Clerici , 1996, Panorama Museum Frankenhausen (with biographical information)
  • Jörg Krichbaum and Rein A. Zondergeld, Lexicon of Fantastic Painting, 1977, DuMont Cologne
  • Giuseppe Bergamini, Giancarlo Pauletto, Fabrizio Clerici: opere 1938 - 1990 . 2006, Centro Iniziative Culturali, Pordenone, 128 pp ., ISBN 88-8426-023-X
  • Marcel Brion, Fabrizio Clerici , 1955, Electra Editrice, Milano, 122 pp.
  • Sergio Troisi, Fabrizio Clerici. Opera 1937-1992. Catalogo della mostra ( Marsala , 7 luglio-28 ottobre 2007) , 2007, Sellerio Editore, Palermo, 207 pp ., ISBN 88-768-1164-8

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personal data
SURNAME Clerici, Fabrizio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian architect and fantastic-surrealistic draftsman, graphic artist, painter and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1993
Place of death Rome