Paolo Colombo

Paolo Colombo

BornNationalityBased In
1949ItalianAthens
Biography

Paolo Colombo illustrates with exactness a lyrical series of moments in his paintings, each holding the intensity of a world. Working with watercolors and pencil drawings. Colombo balances his simple language with a highly technical visual method. Word-based and image-focused works are illuminated through fundamental forms such as the dot, the line, and the square. Paolo Colombo’s passion for texture together with an appreciation for Byzantine and folk arts is also alive in the works. In his later watercolors, often comprised of two or more sheets butting against each other, the lettering and the painted stars and diamonds appear as embroidery, and in consistency with this, the texture of the paper resembles that of cloth. The artist lives and works in Athens, Greece. ...

Selected Artworks
Bisogna Scrivere
Paolo Colombo
Bisogna Scrivere, 1978
100 x 142cm
Untitled
Paolo Colombo
Untitled, 2020
76 x 95cm
Untitled
Paolo Colombo
Untitled, 2021
46 x 38.5 x 4cm
Untitled
Paolo Colombo
Untitled, 2018
130 x 168cm
Piccole Mitologie
Paolo Colombo
Piccole Mitologie, 1979
114 x 154cm
Blushing Aphrodite
Paolo Colombo
Blushing Aphrodite, 2021
125 x 87 x 4cm
Theodora
Paolo Colombo
Theodora, 2022
125.7 x 87.6cm
Untitled (Hares)
Paolo Colombo
Untitled (Hares), 2021
68 x 164.5cm
Untitled (Hummingbirds)
Paolo Colombo
Untitled (Hummingbirds), 2021
68 x 164.5cm
Gallery Representation
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