Guido Vedovato
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Guido Vedovato is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 30 June 1961— ) Italian
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naïve
Naïve art
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painter
Painting
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and sculpture.
Biography
Guido Vedovato is one of the best-known NaïveNaïve art
Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true...
artist. He was born in Vicensa, northern part of Italy
Italy
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. He lives and works in Quinto Vicentino
Quinto Vicentino
Quinto Vicentino is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is east of A31.The town is the birthplace of Urbano Lazzaro, the Italian partisan who identified and arrested Benito Mussolini in 1945. Its main attraction is Villa Thiene....
. He graduated as an economist and ha no artist scholar background. Yugoslavian Naïve art had a big effect on his works. It made him to start painting at the end of the 1970s. At the beginning it was one his hobbies, though later it became his profession.
He wants to depict short stories in his paintings. We may have a look at the life of the modern villages in the Italian chains of the Alps
Alps
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. Some of his well-known paints depicts animals in the night, but—as he said, he preferred to paint humans.
Major collections
His first exhibition was opened in 1986. There are more galleries, which show his works:Museom of Naïve Arts Jagodina
Jagodina
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(Serbia
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), Museo Nazionale della Arti Naives „Cesare Zavattini” – Luzzara
Luzzara
Luzzara is a comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located at the northern end of the province and is bounded by the river named Po to the north as well as the provinces of Mantua and the region of Lombardy....
(Italy
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), Musée International d’Art Naive – Bages
Bages
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(France
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), Slovenian National Museum of Naïve Arts - Trebnje
Trebnje
Trebnje is a city in Slovenia. The city lies on the Temenica River in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The settlement developed on the main regional road and railway line from Ljubljana to Novo Mesto. The settlement had a population of about 3,520 in 2010...
(Slovenia
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), Museo Internacional de Arte Naif Manuel Moral – Jaén
Jaén, Spain
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), MAN – Musée d’Art Naif - Béraut
Béraut
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(France
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), Vihorlatské Osvetové Stredisko - Homonna (Slovakia
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), Musée d’Art Naive International Yvon M. Daigle, Quebec
Quebec
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(Canada
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), MIDAN – Musée International d’Art Naive- Vicq
Vicq
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(France
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), Museo Civico „Umberto Nobile” e d’Arte Naive – Lauro
Lauro
Lauro is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....
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), Musée d'Art Spontané, Bruxelles (Belgium
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), National Museum of Naïve Arts – Moscow
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).
Exhibitions
- 2008 - Institute of Italian Culture, Kneza Milosa, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
- 2008 - Galeria Eboli, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
- 2008 - The Four Seasons: The Naïve Art of Italy, GINA Gallery of International Naïve Art, Tel AvivTel AvivTel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Isreal
- 2007 - Moscow State Museum of Naïve Art, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- 2007 - Rassegna Internazionale Naif Mandria, ChivassoChivassoChivasso is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin. Chivasso has a population of about 25,000...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
- 2007 - MichalovceMichalovceMichalovce is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia, with a population around 40,000. It is the biggest town of the Michalovce District in the Košice Region.-Geography:...
, Slovak Republic (solo)
- 2007 - BardejovBardejovBardejov is a town in North-Eastern Slovakia. It is situated in the Šariš region and has about 33,000 inhabitants. The spa town, mentioned for the first time in 1241, exhibits numerous cultural monuments in its completely intact medieval town center...
, Slovak Republic (solo)
- 2007 - Piwnice Gallery, PrzemyslPrzemyslPrzemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(solo)
- 2006 - SvidnikSvidníkSvidník is a town in eastern Slovakia, acting as the capital of Svidník District in Prešov Region. It has a population of 12,384 .-Geography:...
, Slovak Republic (solo)
- 2006 - Vihorlatske Muzeum, HumenneHumennéHumenné is a town in the Prešov Region in eastern Slovakia and the second largest town of the historic Zemplín region. It lies at the volcanic Vihorlat mountains and at the confluence of the Laborec and Cirocha Rivers.-Characteristics:...
, Slovak Republic (solo)
- 2006 - International Meeting of Naïve Art, Verneuil su Avre, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- 2006 - Premio Nazionale Naif Cesare Zavattini, LuzzaraLuzzaraLuzzara is a comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located at the northern end of the province and is bounded by the river named Po to the north as well as the provinces of Mantua and the region of Lombardy....
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
- 2005 - International Meeting of Naïve Artists, TrebnjeTrebnjeTrebnje is a city in Slovenia. The city lies on the Temenica River in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The settlement developed on the main regional road and railway line from Ljubljana to Novo Mesto. The settlement had a population of about 3,520 in 2010...
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
- 2004 - Premio Nazionale Naif Cesare Zavattini, LuzzaraLuzzaraLuzzara is a comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located at the northern end of the province and is bounded by the river named Po to the north as well as the provinces of Mantua and the region of Lombardy....
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
- 2003 - Premio Internazionale Naif Varenna, VarennaVarennaVarenna is a comune on Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km north of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Lecco...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
- 2003 - Gaianigo Gallery, SovizzoSovizzoSovizzo is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is north of SR11.-Sources:*...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(solo)
- 2001 - Villa Thiene, Quinto VicentinoQuinto VicentinoQuinto Vicentino is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is east of A31.The town is the birthplace of Urbano Lazzaro, the Italian partisan who identified and arrested Benito Mussolini in 1945. Its main attraction is Villa Thiene....
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(solo)
- 2000 - Naïve Art Exhibition, Bagnolo San VitoBagnolo San VitoBagnolo San Vito is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 140 km southeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Mantua....
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(solo)
- 1995 - Naïve Art Exhibition, Bagnolo San VitoBagnolo San VitoBagnolo San Vito is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 140 km southeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Mantua....
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(solo)
- 1992 - Naïve Art Exhibition, Bagnolo San VitoBagnolo San VitoBagnolo San Vito is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 140 km southeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Mantua....
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(solo)
Sources
- Brodskaia, Nathalia, Naiv művészet, Ventus Libro Kiadó, 2010.
- Guido Vedovato festményei 1991-2001, kiállítási katalógus (Villa Thiene - Municipio Di Quinto Vicentino, 2001.)
- Homepage
- http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=909
- http://www.visionmagazine.com/archives/1012/1012_Artist.html
- Vedovato's painting
- Exhibitions