William Tode

William Tode is one of the greatest protagonists of contemporary art and present on Artprice(search William Tode on ).
His cultural interests range from visual arts to literature and sculpture. For almost thirty years, he has been one of the most committed and important artists of the Italian Neo-Realism, especially concerning frescoes, He is considered to be one of the last great wall painters, the heir of the teachings of the Tiepolos. He was born in a town near Mantova in Italy. When he was fourteen he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Modena but for two years only, under the guidance of Master L. Spazzapan, one of the greatest Italian protagonists of Abstract Expressionism. The boy discovered the French painting of the impressionists, but he was especially captivated by Cézanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh, with their colours and shapes. In 1954, soon after moving to Rome with his family, Tode lost his mother, who was only forty-two years old at the time. Art and school were the only areas where he could find comfort for his great pain. In a few months, he worked hard and was able to prepare a five-year-long program. His final dissertation on History of Art was on Michelangelo's architecture. His love for Piero della Francesca, ...

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Master W. Tode has made ​​many exhibitions and received many awards, here i post more rapresentative

– Suzzara (IT) 1954 award for more younger artist- il prized by Magnifico Rettore university of Bologne Prof. Francesco Flora artistic's commission president.

- National award painting “Il Circo Equestre Orlando Orfei “jan 1961- first prize for painting “Ridi Pagliaccio e tua figlia piange”,oil on canvas Cm. 80x100

- Prize for contemporary art in Cinecittà Rome- first award for painting “Ragazzo di Borgata” and first award for graphics xylograph colors “Le mani sulla città”. june '61

– international competition of painting “Prize Tarquinia Vincenzo Cardarelli september 1961- Palazzo Vitelleschi- first prize with “Paesaggio di Anzio- vecchia darsena”, encaustic on canvas cm. 100x80, with patronage of republic president Giovanni Gronchi, del Presidente della Camera dei Deputati On. Leone, del Presidente del Senato della Repubblica On. Cesare Merzagora e del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri On. Prof. Amintore Fanfani- Commissione Artistica, On. Amintore Fanfani, Giuseppe Cesetti, Achille Funi, Domenico Purificato, Prof. Carlo Barbieri, Prof. Valerio Mariani.

– Four_year prize in Rome' 63 – special for "Affresco"...