Mario Donizetti (23 January 1932) is an Italian painter and essayist from

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Biography

Scientific technical researches have led Donizetti to use innovative techniques for his works such as varnished and glazed egg-yolk tempera as well as his personal encausto and his "encaustic pastel". In 1977 Donizetti founded the Centre for Research Techniques of Arts and in 2003 the "Donizetti School-Museum" online.donizetti-museoscuola.it
/ref> Donizetti also contributes to newspapers and magazines with essays on aesthetics and diagnosis of restoration. In 1983 an anthological exhibition of his work was held in the halls of the

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in Milan.

Works

Donizetti's notable works include the "Crucifix" in The Treasury Museum of the

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; the frescos and the altar piece in the historical Basilica in Pontida; the portrait of

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(now part of the

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collection in

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) and published on the covers of ''Time'' (magazine); "Commedia dell'Arte" in the "Spajani Raccolta" GAMEC in Bergamo; and "La Carità" in the "Margherita Cassis Faraone Collection".

Exhibitions

*''"Premio Suzzara"'' 1951 and 1952 *''"Mostra Arte Sacra"'' 1952 *''"Premio Michetti"'' 1953 *''"Nazionale Arte Sacra-Bologna"'' 1954 *One man show – Galleria Ranzini – via Brera Milano 1955 *''"II Quadriennale di Roma"'' 1955 *''"Biennale Arte Sacra Angelicum"'' 1957 *One Man Show – Galleria Ranzini – via Brera Milano 1958 *''"Biennale Angelicum"'' 1959 *One Man Show - La Bussola, Genova 1960 *''"The Picture and the Painter"'' Trafalgar Galleries London 1960 *''"Biennale Arte Sacra Angelicum"'' 1961 *''"Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica"'' 1962 *''"Museo Teatrale alla Scala"'' 1963 *''"Palazzo della Permanente"'' Milano 1964 *''"Palazzo Reale"'' Milano 1966 *''"The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition"'' London 1966 *''"Palazzo della Permanente"'' 1967 *''"

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"'' Milano 1969 *One Man Show Galleria Quaglino Torino 1970 *One Man Show Galleria Pirra Torino 1973 *One Man Show J.H.Bauer Galerie Hannover 1974 *One Man Show Leitheimer Schloss Museum Mùnchen 1974 *''"Anthological Exhibition"'' Ambrosiana Museum 1983-84 *''"Museo del Patriarcato"'' Aquileia 1995 *''"

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"'' Milano 1995 *''"The Seven Deadly Seens"'' Palazzo della Ragione BG 1999 *''"Raccolta Spajani"'' GAMEC BG 1999 *''"75° TIME

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"'' Washington 2000 *''"75° TIME National Academic Museum"'' New York 2000 *One man show Galleria Schreiber Brescia 2000 *One man show Galleria Arsmedia Bergamo 2002 *''"Quadrato per la Ricerca"'' GAMEC BG 2005 *''"Donizetti Designer"'' Galleria Arsmedia 2003 *One man show Galleria Cappelletti – via Brera Milano 2007 *One man show Radici-Casa Bergamo 2008 *Mostra personale dal 9 aprile al 30 giugno 2011 – CASTELLO di ORZINUOVI *54° BIENNALE – 2011 – ARSENALE VENEZIA *MOSTRA PALAZZO GRIMANI – VITTORIO SGARBI: "l'ombra del sacro nell'arte contemporanea" – VENEZIA 2011

Essays

*''"Form and no Form"'' 1958 Ranzini *''"Why Figurative"'' 1992 Corponove Ed. *''"Rationality of Faith and of Beauty"'' 1995 Corponove Ed. *''"Letter to Pemenides"'' 1996 Corponove Ed. *''"Letter to Plato"'' 1997 Corponove Ed. *''"Why Figurative"'' 1997 II° Edition ART'E' *''"Aesthetic Arguments"'' 1999 Corponove Ed. *''"Letter to Hegel"'' 2000 Corponove Ed. *''"Lessons on Art Technique"'' 2005 Corponove Ed. *''"Bocconi d'Arte"'' 2006 ESI Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane *'' "Letter to Phyllis"'' 2007 Corponove Ed. *"IL SACRO DELL'ARTE – LETTERA AGLI ARTISTI" – ED. CORPONOVE 2011 *"QUESTO RAFFAELLO NON SI DEVE RESTAURARE" – ECO DI BERGAMO 2O LUGLIO 2012 *"DIPINTO NON RITOCCATO LA SUA VERNICE E'AUTENTICA" – CORRIERE DELLA SERA 8 giugno 2013 *"L'ILLUSIONE DI KANT E IL RITORNO AI VALORI DEI SENSI" – CORRIERE DELLA SERA 16 gennaio 2014

Mario Donizetti in museums

*NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY –

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– WASHINGTON *MUSEO TESORO BASILICA SAN PIETRO IN VATICANO *MUSEO STORICA BASILICA PONTIDA *CIVICO MUSEO DI UDINE *MUSEO TEATRALE ALLA SCALA MILANO *GAMEC – GALLERIA DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA BERGAMO

Bibliography

*Piva ''"Manuale"'' HOEPLI 1950 *V.Costantini ''"Corriere Lombardo"'' 1952 *Carlo Melis ''"Settimo Giorno"'' 1955 *Gian Paolo ''"Domenica del Corriere"'' 1957 *Dino Villani ''"Gazzetta di Mantova"'' 1959 *Marziano Bernardi ''"La Stampa"'' Turin 1960 *John McKenzie ''"Art News and Review"'' London 1960 *Carlo Visconti ''"Settimo Giorno"'' 1963 *''"Monografia"'' Edizioni Bolis 1967 *''"Incontri d'arte"'' Edizioni Quaglino 1970 *E.Fabiani ''"Dipinti e Disegni"'' Ed. Il Conventino 1972 *Enciclopedia Internazionale – Curcio Groellier Roma 1972 *A.F. von Tucher Ed. Leitheimer Schloss Galerie Munchen 1974 *''"Mario Donizetti"'' Ed. Jehn Heiner Bauer Hannover 1974 *''"Altmeisterlisches im Tempera"'' Hannoversche Allgemeine 1974 *''"Die Klassische Ordnung"'' Neue Hannoversche Presse 1974 *Renzo Biasion OGGI n.14 1976 *''"Dictionary of International Biography"'' Cambridge 1976 *C.M.Pensa EPOCA 1977 *Rossana Bossaglia ''"Fiori e Animali"'' Ed. Grafica e Arte 1981 *Alessio Andreucci ''"Visioni"''. Ed. Vannini 1981 *''"Ritratto di Diana Spencer"'' ''Time'' (magazine) (cover) New York 1981 *''"International Who's Who of Intellectuals"'' Cambridge 1982 *''"Marquis Who's Who in the World"'' Illinois USA 1982-83 *A.Paredi ''"Donizetti all'Ambrosiana"'' Ed. FONTES AMBROSIANI 1983 *J.Louis Ferrier Le Point Paris 1983 *''"Ritratto di Indira Gandhi"'' ''Time'' (magazine) (cover) New York 1984 *Przekroy-Krakowskie n.2016 Varsavia 1984 *''"The International Who's Who"'' England 1984 *Jean Louis Ferrier ''"La petit form"'' Ed. Denoel Paris 1985 *''"Ritratto di papa Giovanni Paolo II"'' ''Time'' (magazine) (cover) 1985 *''"Marquis Who's Who in the World"'' Illinois USA 1986/7 *''"Biography International"'' New Delhi India 1987/8 *Nicoletta Cobolli- Gigli ARTE 1988 *J.L.Ferrier R.De Grada ''"Monografia"'' Ed. Bolis 1989 *Vittorio Feltri Corriere della Sera 1989 *Monika von Zitzewitz DIE WELT 1989 *Alessandra Quattordio ARTE 1990 *M.Pizzorni ''"Collection Works by the Great Masters Salvador Dalì, Pietro Annigoni, Mario Donizetti"'' 1991 *Elsa Klensch ''"Donizetti"'' Style CNN International New York 1992 *Costanza Andreucci ''"L'Arte fra il Caso e la Tecnica"'' L'Indipendente 1993 *Paolo Levi Bell'Italia n.18 aprile 1993 *Michele Andreucci ''"La rivoluzione del pastello"'' IL GIORNO 18 nov. 1994 *''"Dossier Ritratti"'' Il VENERDI' di Repubblica 1994 *Francesca Bonazzoli ViviMilano del Corriere della Sera 27 dic.1995 *Jean Louis Ferrier - S. Milesi – Monografia SILVANA EDITORIALE 1996 *''"EUROPE 50-Golden Anniversari Issue"'' ''Time'' (magazine) winter 1996 *R.Farina ''"La verità dei sensi"'' Il Giornale 24 luglio 1996 *Francesca Pini SETTE del Corriere della Sera n.46 nov.1996 *R.mo Capitolo di san Pietro in Vaticano: Il Crocifisso di Mario Donizetti nel MUSEO TESORO della Basilica – Roma 1996 *Ritratto di Den Xiaoping ''Time'' (magazine) (cover) 3 marzo 1997 *Lorenzo Vincenti OGGI 1997 *Ermanno Krumm Corriere della Sera 3 dic. 1997 *F.S.Voss – ''"FACES of TIME, 75 years of ''Time'' (magazine) cover portraits"'' - Brown & company Boston New York Toronto London 1998 *''"ART and History"'' TIME 75° Anniversary New York 1998 *NEUE KRONEN ZEITUNG ''"Der Gekreuzigte von Mario Donizetti"'' (cover) – Wien, Salzburg, Insbruch, Linz, Gratz, Klagenfurt 1998 *S. Milesi - Vittorino Andreoli ''"I Vizi Capitali"'' Corponove Ed. 1998 *Vittorio Fagone ''"Raccolta SPAJANI"'' Ed. Lubrina 1999 *Flaminio Guardoni CORRIERE della SERA sett. 1999 *Vittorio Sgarbi OGGI sett. 1999 *RAI 3 TG3 18 sett. 1999 *Armando Besio LA REPUBBLICA 13 ott. 1999 *Diana De Feo RAI 1 TG1 26 ott. 1999 * ''Time'' (magazine) ''"Fascicolo del millennio"'', dicembre 1999 *''"L'Arte tornerà Arte"'' (I grandi avvenimenti del 900, fascicolo n. 9) *Corriere della Sera 2 febbraio 2000 *Mauro Gaffurri ''"L'Arcimboldo"'' RAI 3 TV Sette del Corriere della Sera 2 giugno 2001 *Pia Capelli LIBERO 2 marzo 2002 *Cesare Zapperi Corriere della Sera 17 marzo 2002 *Vittorio Sgarbi OGGI 20 marzo 2002 *Carlo Castellaneta DIZIONARIO della PITTURA ITALIANA 7 genn.2003 * Phyllis Tickle GREED - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS March 2003 *''"Marquis Who's Who in the World"'' Illinois USA 2003 *ENCICLOPEDIA RIZZOLI LAROUSSE 2003 *F. Pini ''"Eva. The Passion secondo Donizetti"'' MAGAZINE Corriere della Sera n. 4 del 3 giugno 2004 *''"Marquis Who'sWho in the World"'' Illinois 2004 *V. Sgarbi - S. Casanova ''"La tempera all'uovo di Donizetti"''- OGGI, n. 21 2005 *ENCICLOPEDIA TEMATICA – Nuova Enciclopedia Universale Rizzoli Larousse ARTE 2005 *''"Marquis WHO'S WHO"'' in the WORLD 2005 - 2006 *''"WHO'S WHO in ITALY"'' Sutter's International Red Series 2007 *MARQUIS ''"Who's Who in the WORLD"'' Illinois USA *''"WHO'S WHO in ITALY"'' Sutter's International Golden Edition 2008 *''"Who's Who in the World"'' ILLINOIS USA 2008 *Roberta Scorranese ''"La modella ideale"'' CORRIERE della SERA 2008 *''"Marquis WHO'S WHO"'' in the WORLD 2009 *''"Marquis WHO'S WHO"'' in AMERICA 2009 *NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY – SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – WASHINGTON *MUSEO TESORO BASILICA SAN PIETRO IN VATICANO *MUSEO STORICA BASILICA PONTIDA *CIVICO MUSEO DI UDINE *MUSEO TEATRALE ALLA SCALA MILANO *GAMEC – GALLERIA DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA BERGAMO

References

External links

Official Site
Official Site
www.arsmedia.net
Mario Donizetti's pages on www.arsmedia.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Donizetti, Mario 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters 21st-century Italian painters Painters from Bergamo Living people 1932 births Italian male writers Italian art critics Italian contemporary artists 21st-century Italian male artists