Francesco Clemente

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Francesco Clemente, 7/20/2020, 2020

Painting is like making love. You cannot ask, 'How do you do it?' But, hopefully, it is beautiful.

Working across different media, Francesco Clemente’s works revolve around the themes of sexuality and spirituality, and had positioned himself as a major component in the revitalization of Italian art beginning in the 1980s.

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Works

Francesco Clemente
Kiss II, 2020
oil on linen
182.88 x 261.62 cm
72 x 103 in
Francesco Clemente
7/20/2020, 2020
pigment on canvas
75 x 61 cm
29 8/16 x 24 1/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 85 x 71 x 6 cm
Francesco Clemente
7/13/2020, 2020
pigment on canvas
75 x 61 cm
29 8/16 x 24 1/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 85 x 71 x 6 cm
Francesco Clemente
7/16/2020 (Obumex), 2020
pigment on canvas
75 x 61 cm
29 8/16 x 24 1/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 85 x 71 x 6 cm
Francesco Clemente
The Ford in the River III, 2019
oil on linen
170.18 x 119.38 cm
67 x 47 in
Francesco Clemente
Love, 2019
a pair of two mirrored ladies cast in bronze (silver nitrate patina)
80 x 24.6 x 23 cm
31 7/16 x 9 10/16 x 9 1/16 in
Francesco Clemente
The Ford in the River I, 2019
oil on linen
170.18 x 119.38 cm
67 x 47 in
Francesco Clemente
Love, 2019
a pair of two mirrored ladies cast in bronze (classic dark brown patina)
(on production : available mid-March 2022)
147 x 75 x 45 cm
57 13/16 x 29 8/16 x 17 11/16 in
Francesco Clemente
Love, 2019
a pair of two mirrored ladies cast in bronze (classic dark brown patina)
147 x 75 x 45 cm
57 13/16 x 29 8/16 x 17 11/16 in
Francesco Clemente
Talismans #3, 2016
watercolours on p
113.5 x 62 cm
44 10/16 x 24 6/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 13 x 78.5 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Talismans #1, 2016
watercolours on p
113.5 x 60.5 cm
44 10/16 x 23 13/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 13 x 78.5 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Talismans #4, 2016
watercolours on p
113.5 x 60.6 cm
44 10/16 x 23 13/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 13 x 78.5 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Talismans #6, 2016
watercolours on p
113.5 x 61 cm
44 10/16 x 24 1/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 13 x 78.5 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Talismans #2, 2016
watercolours on p
113.7 x 61.5 cm
44 12/16 x 24 3/16 in
Framing Dimensions: 13 x 78.5 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Making Love in a Fleeting World #05, 2015
Watercolor on paper
45.72 x 60.96 cm
18 x 24 in
Framing Dimensions: 59.7 x 74.6 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Lauren Hutton, 2015
oil on canvas
152.4 x 76.2 x 5 cm
60 x 30 x 1 15/16 in
Francesco Clemente
Making Love in a Fleeting World #02, 2015
Watercolor on paper
45.72 x 60.96 cm
18 x 24 in
Framing Dimensions: 59.7 x 74.6 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Anna Ewers, 2015
oil on canvas
152.4 x 76.2 x 5 cm
60 x 30 x 1 15/16 in
Francesco Clemente
Making Love in a Fleeting World #12, 2015
Watercolor on paper
45.72 x 60.96 cm
18 x 24 in
Framing Dimensions: 59.7 x 74.6 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Iman, 2015
oil on canvas
152.4 x 76.2 x 5 cm
60 x 30 x 1 15/16 in
Francesco Clemente
Making Love in a Fleeting World #10, 2015
Watercolor on paper
45.72 x 60.96 cm
18 x 24 in
Framing Dimensions: 59.7 x 7.6 x 4 cm
Francesco Clemente
Making Love in a Fleeting World #01, 2015
Watercolor on paper
45.72 x 60.96 cm
18 x 24 in
Framing Dimensions: 59.7 x 74.6 x 4 cm

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Biography

Clemente is greatly influenced by mysticism, traditional art and the culture of India.

Francesco Clemente was born in 1952 in Naples, Italy. He went to Rome to study architecture, where he met friend and mentor Alighiero Boetti who encouraged a career in art. Clemente is considered to be one of the leaders of neo-expressionism. He is greatly influenced by mysticism, traditional art and the culture of India. His subjects––particularly the female form and his own image––explore themes surrounding eroticism, myth, and spirituality, with non-western symbols characterizing his dream-like work. His work is shown and collected by major institutions including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao, MoMA, New York, and Tate Modern,...