Francisco Centofanti Landscapes

Francisco Centofanti has been a professional Artist for over fifteen years since graduating from the Florence Academy of Art. He creates exciting and iconic works of art with an unprecedented fusion of contemporary inspiration and traditional techniques.

"Francisco Centofanti is a fabulous artist. I particularly love his landscape paintings - he captures light and colours brilliantly." Roger Daltrey CBE

His work has been exhibited extensively and is collected by clients in New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tokyo, Paris, Stockholm, Florence and London. Amongst his many international collectors are art dealer Martin Summers, financier Mark Lapidus, writer Nigel Hinton, Don Foster MP and lead singer from The Who Roger Daltrey CBE.

"My life as an Artist began when I was 14 on a trip to the St Victoire Mountain near Aix-en Provence where I first saw paintings by Paul Cezanne. I loved the colours and his interpretation of the subject matter creating something based on nature but also new and original.

When I left school I did a foundation course at Chelsea and was very lucky to be given the opportunity of taking private drawing lessons with Norman Blamey RA, who taught me the beginnings of observ...

Chelsea Arts School, London - 1994 - 95
City and Guilds, London - 1995 - 1996
Private Studies with Norman Blamey RA - 1994 - 96
Florence Academy of Art - 1996 - 1999

Solo Exhibitions

1999 'Works from The Florence Academy of Art'Gallery Forty Seven, Bloomsbury, London, UK.
2003 'Interiors' Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, U.K.
2005 'Polaroids' Agueli Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 'Twilight to Midnight' Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, UK
2013 'I Dreamt in the City' - Exhibition of Fine Art prints - Vyner Studio, Vyner Street, London, UK
2017 Gallerie Mirondella Dels Arts - Pezenas, France

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002 Royal Society of Oil Painters, Winsor & Newton Young Artists Finalist, London
2002 Discerning Eye Award finalist, London
2003 Royal Society of Portrait Painters –see Awards-, London.
2003 Fairfax Gallery – “Six of the best”, Tunbridge Wells, UK.
2003 Century Gallery, “FAA Show” Virginia, USA
2003 Beaux arts Gallery “Group show” – Bath, UK
2003 Royal Society of Oil Painters, Winsor & Newton Young Artists Finalist,
2004 Mall galleries - “I Dreamt in the city”– London
2004 Stricoff Gallery - “Group show”– 564 W 25th street, New York, USA
2004 Spiller Art Gallery - “Young contemporary’s” – Dublin, Ireland
2006 FAA Annual Alumni Show – Corsini Palace, Florence, Italy
2006 Royal Society of Oil Painters, Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award,...