Author: Fernando Noris
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Gormleys Fine Art
Release Date: 01-12-2007
Details: Maurizio Bonfanti, son of the painter Angelo Bonfanti, was born in Bergamo in 1952. He began his artistic education at the Liceo Artistico in Bergamo and also attended courses in etching at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Bergamo. He also studied modern literature at the Università Statale in Milan. He left the university in 1973 and continued to pursue his career as a painter. From 1976 to 1983 he taught at the Liceo Artistico, Bergamo and since then has been teaching drawing and visual communications at a design and advertising school in Bergamo. From the end of the 1970s, he worked mainly with etching but then began to work exclusively with paint. As a painter he has experimented different techniques influenced by his knowledge of etching with themes like the human body, nature and urban landscapes. He has produced several cycles of works, in particular many based on religious themes. Published by Gormleys in conjunction with Dublin Gallery, Omagh Gallery and Belfast Gallery in 2007 this catalogue has 30 pages, with 21 full-colour illustrations, mainly full-page and a short essay by Fernando Noris. 28*25 cm. In English and Italian.
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