MARIO AVATI b.1921

Biography:

Beginning in about 1947, Mario Avati recognized his affinity for printmaking . His development of mezzotint techniques, especially, stimulated international acclaim. In the 1960s he accepted fellowships to the Tamarind Lithography Workshop where he explored that technique. He created a number of fine lithographs that further demonstrated his passion for the magic of profound blackness. Still Life is hie favored subject and they convey a power and quietness. At the Tamarind he explored, also, the addition of color to his compositions. Avati lives in Paris and continues his printmaking through multiple intaglio techniques.

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Chronology:

1921 Born in Monaco; Italian parents

1940 Made first prints at Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Worked with Marc Chagall

1947 Decided on printmaking as a career. Experimented with many intaglio techniques.

1957 Concentrated upon his use of mezzotint

1969 Expanded his technique to include color mezzotint

1963 Accepted Fellowship to Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles

1967 Fellowship to Tamarind Lithography Workshop for Color lithography

1980 Mezzotint reproduced as French Commemorative Postage Stamp

Exhibitions at Tobey C. Moss Gallery:



  Museum of Modern Art, NY

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

  New York Public ibrary

  Bibiotheque Nationale, Paris

  Musee de Louvre, Paris

  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

  Grunwald /UCLA/Hammer Museum, LA

Prints

Image Click on title for further info	Title Click on title for further info	Medium	Date
	Citron, Bol et Compotier	Color lithograph	1967
	La Plume du Sergent	Mezzotint	1968
	La Table aux Radis	Color mezzotint	1977
	Nature Morte a l'Estampe	Mezzotint	1962
	Oi L'on Songe a Kamakura	Color mezzotint	1976