Pietro Ghizzardi
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Nude, 13.2.1965
Mixed media on cardboard
79 x 50 cm
Pietro Ghizzardi (1906–1986) was a self-taught painter. He grew up in an Italian peasant family and worked in agriculture and, after 1950, in a variety of jobs. Looking for materials for his work, Ghizzardi remained dependent on what he found—he painted on cardboard, often on both sides, and mixed his paints out of plants and minerals.
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Marilyn Monroe, 1957
Mixed media on cardboard
79 x 50,6 cm
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Ava Gardner, 1957
Mixed media on cardboard
79 x 50,6 cm
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Guisepina, 1972
mixed media on cardboard
78 x 55 cm
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Santa Moretta, 4.8.1965
mixed media on cardboard
78 x 52 cm
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Rita la Mora, 1975
Oil, mixed media on cardboard
88 x 62.5 cm
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Hund, undated
mixed media on cardboard
71 x 50 cm
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Wilde Katze, 1981
mixed media on paper
48 x 66 cm
* 1906 in Viadana (ITA)
† 1986 in Boretto (ITA)
Hase, 1975
mixed media on cardboard
35.5 x 47.5 cm