Valerio ADAMI, Bruyère, 1988 - Hand signed etching

Valerio Adami : Italian painter born in Bologna in 1935, he lives between France and Italy. Trained at The Milan Academy of Fine Arts, he belongs to the Narrative Figuration movement since the 1970's. His works are characterized by the use of tint areas with vivid colors delimited by black contours. He realizes his first exhibition in 1957, in Milan. In 1970, his works are exposed in The Museum of Modern Art in Paris. At this time, he realized many portraits (James Joyce, Sigmund Freud...). In the 1980's, he ceates big wall paintings (Châtelet Theater (1988), Austerlitz's station (1992) in Paris, First National City Bank, Madison (1973-74)). Several great retrospectives are dedicated to him, in The "Centre Georges Pompidou", in 1985, in The Milan Pomodoro Foundation in 2008. He also exhibited in prestigious galleries, Maegth Gallery (now Lelong Gallery) or in Daniel Templon Gallery in Paris.
Etching : Process realized on a metal plate using a chemical (acid) process. The artist using etching is called an aquafortist.

Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (Italy)
Walker Art Center (The USA)
MacVal (France)
Fondazione Marconi - Milano (Italy)
FRAC Poitou-Charente (France)
Musée d'art moderne Ceret (France)
Deutsche Bank Art Collection (Germany)
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (The USA)
Les Abattoirs - FRAC Midi Pyrénées (France)
Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght (France)
Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma (Finland)
SMAK (Belgium)
Vlassis Frissiras Collection (Greece)
FRAC Basse Normandie (France)
Fonds Municipal d'art contemporain de Paris (France)
Artothèque de Wolubilis (Belgium)
Artothèque du Limousin + FACLIM (France)
MAMbo (Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna) (Italy)
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MACBA) Barcelona (Spain)
Centre Pompidou - Musée national d'art moderne (France)
Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Strasbourg (France)
Fundación Antonio Pérez. Diputación de Cuenca (Spain)
Museo Del Novecento (Italy)
Musée de Grenoble (France)
ACAPA (Artothèque Angoulême) (France)
Artothèque de Brest (France)
IVAM Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (Spain)
Artothèque de Caen (France)
Centre national des arts plastiques (France)
Artothèque, Angers (France)
Collezione Peruzzi (Italy)
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas (Venezuela)
Musée d'Art Contemporain Marseille (France)
Artothèque, Poitiers (France)
The Modern Museum in Sweden - Moderna Museet (Sweden)
Collection LGR (France)
Eli ans Edythe Broad Art Museum (The USA)
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Lissone (Italy)
Artothèque, Besançon (France)
FRAC Rhône-Alpes (France)
Musées Royaux des Beaux arts de Belgique (Belgium)
Artothèque, Nantes (France)