Roberto Greco
Mostra di Roberto Greco e Michele Niccolai
Born
Benghazi, Libia
NationalityItalian
MovementInformal
AwardsIn 1976 first prize at the National Contest “Maestri Fiorentini”, in 1984 first prize at the Biennale di San Giovanni Battista di Firenze

Roberto Greco is an Italian artist, living and working in Florence.[1][2][3]

Early life

Greco was born in Benghazi to Italian parents. In the mid-1960s he began to study painting by attending the classes of well-known masters of the Art School and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, including Antonio Bueno and Siro Salimbeni and the School of Nude. He was a student of Osman Lorenzo De Scolari.

Career

In 1984, he made a mural at the Stadio Artemio Franchi of Firenze and won the first prize at the Biennale di San Giovanni Battista in Florence.

In 1986 he started to exhibit in Italy and Europe and in the contemporary art fairs at Bologna, Padova, Florence and other countries.

In 2018 La Pergola Arte Awarded him with the painter of the year 2018.[4]

Further reading

  • 1999 Introart. Raffaello Gori, Roberto Greco, Massimo Podestà Editore: Prato, Lions Club Prato Datini[5]
  • 2004 “Sipario su l’Essenziale” edited by Franco Manescalchi
  • 2019 Roberto Greco "Artista del suo tempo" curated by Peter Michael Musone.

Recognition

  • 1976: first prize at the National Contest “Maestri Fiorentini”
  • 1984: first prize at the Biennale di San Giovanni Battista di Firenze

References

  1. "Mostre: Firenze, LE Opere di Roberto Greco a Palazzo Cerretani". www1.adnkronos.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. Webmaster. "Consiglio regionale della Toscana". www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. "Roberto Greco artista arte contemporanea quotazione dipinti". www.artingout.com.
  4. "La Pergola Arte - Firenze - le immagini della premiazione 2018".
  5. "gori raffaello greco roberto podesta' massimo - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.it. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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