Sandro Del-Prete

Sandro Del-Prete (born September 19, 1937 in Bern ) (citizen of Astano ) is a Swiss painter. He achieved fame primarily through paintings of optical illusions, similar to MC Escher .

Sandro Del-Prete was born on September 18, 1937 in Bern. He attended school in Freiburg im Üechtland . In 1960 Del-Prete began a six-month course at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence . After returning to Switzerland, he published his first black and white pencil drawings in 1981, which was followed by a second collection in 1987 due to the success. In 1984 Del-Prete exhibited his works in Zurich and in a gallery in Bern. A few years later he founded a museum with his pictures, the Illusoria-Land in Hettiswil near Hindelbank , Switzerland.

Works

Illusoria: a travelogue and incredible pictures from the newly discovered Illusorialand . Benteli-Verlag, Bern 1987, ISBN 3-7165-0591-9 .
Illusorisms . Benteli-Verlag, Bern 1981, ISBN 3-7165-0373-8 .
The master of illusorism . Benteli Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7165-1493-1 .

Web links

Literature by and about Sandro Del-Prete in the catalog of the German National Library
Sandro Del Prete in (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Al Seckel: Great Masters of Optical Illusion . New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-85003-123-3 , p. 48.
↑ A brief biography of Sandro Del Prete on sandrodelprete.com, accessed on May 15, 2014.
↑ Al Seckel: Great masters of optical illusions . New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-85003-123-3 , p. 49.

personal data
SURNAME	Del-Prete, Sandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bern

[1] Al Seckel: Great Masters of Optical Illusion . New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-85003-123-3 , p. 48.

[2] A brief biography of Sandro Del Prete on sandrodelprete.com, accessed on May 15, 2014.

[3] Al Seckel: Great masters of optical illusions . New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-85003-123-3 , p. 49.