Piero Dorazio

(Italian, 1927–2005)

Piero Dorazio was an Italian painter who was pivotal in bringing abstraction to Italy. His oil paintings were often composed of intensely colored bands, which are stretched and intermingled like webs across the surface of the canvas. “The progressive elements in our society have to maintain a revolutionary and avant-garde position,” Dorazio said of creating art. Born on June 29, 1927 in Rome, Italy, he studied painting, drawing, and architecture at the University of Rome. In the late 1940s, the artist became active in a variety of artistic and literary circles, including Gino Severini and Renato Guttuso. He went on to become a co-founder of Forma 1, the first group of Italian abstract artists. In 1953, he traveled to New York, where he met the painters Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, and Franz Kline. He held his first solo exhibition at the Wittenborn One-Wall Gallery in New York the same year. He went on to hold a teaching position at the University of Pennsylvania and helped to found the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. Dorazio died on May 17, 2005 in Perugia, Italy. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Piero Dorazio Artworks

Piero Dorazio (3,983 results)
Senza titolo, 1986

Piero Dorazio

Senza titolo, 1986

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Horizontal II, 1979

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Horizontal II, 1979

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Extra & Vagante, 1966

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Extra & Vagante, 1966

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Reticoli, 1961

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Reticoli, 1961

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Umbria Jazz, 1998

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Umbria Jazz, 1998

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Souvenirs I, 1998

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Souvenirs I, 1998

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Entrando, 1968

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Entrando, 1968

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Sempreverde, 1960

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Sempreverde, 1960

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Senza Titolo, 1959

Piero Dorazio

Senza Titolo, 1959

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Azimuth, 1977

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Azimuth, 1977

Sale Date: May 3, 2017

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Doric III, 1971

Piero Dorazio

Doric III, 1971

Sale Date: May 3, 2017

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Canonica, 1992

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Canonica, 1992

Sale Date: April 27, 2017

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Trois presse-papier, 1992

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Trois presse-papier, 1992

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Saizz, 1996

Piero Dorazio

Saizz, 1996

Sale Date: March 25, 2017

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Senza titolo, 1994

Piero Dorazio

Senza titolo, 1994

Sale Date: March 18, 2017

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Rosa chiaro III, 2002

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Rosa chiaro III, 2002

Sale Date: March 18, 2017

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Oltremare II, 2004

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Oltremare II, 2004

Sale Date: March 11, 2017

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Untitled, 1988

Piero Dorazio

Untitled, 1988

Sale Date: March 23, 2017

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Senza titolo, 1984

Piero Dorazio

Senza titolo, 1984

Sale Date: February 23, 2017

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Les immobles, 1980

Piero Dorazio

Les immobles, 1980

Sale Date: January 28, 2017

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Senza titolo, 2000

Piero Dorazio

Senza titolo, 2000

Sale Date: January 28, 2017

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Bad Ragaz, 1992

Piero Dorazio

Bad Ragaz, 1992

Sale Date: January 28, 2017

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Reticolo, 1963

Piero Dorazio

Reticolo, 1963

Sale Date: January 28, 2017

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Coup Dedées - II, 1999

Piero Dorazio

Coup Dedées - II, 1999

Sale Date: January 28, 2017

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