Lucio Diodati (born 1955) is an Italian

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. He was educated at the Academy of Fine Art in

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. Diodati's work has mainly been exhibited in the

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and

. His first paintings were exhibited in 1980. In 2002 he went to

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to get cultural inspiration for his work. This lead his working with

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and entering the world of

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. It has been said that Dioati's artistic style is a mixture of

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and

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

, and that he is a perilous exponent of immoral irony. Diodati uses critical humor and a great deal of color in his paintings.

External links

* http://www.luciodiodati.com Kunstclub.com profile for Lucio Diodati http://www.kunstclub.com/member/Diodati/ Lixow-com profile for Lucio Diodati http://www.lixow.com/Lucio_DIODATI Artreview.com profile for Lucio Diodati http://www.artreview.com/profile/LucioDiodati Artelista.com profile for Lucio Diodati http://diodatilucio.artelista.com/ Gigarte.com profile for Lucio Diodati http://www.gigarte.com/iscritto/index.php?&id=6203&p=&s= {{DEFAULTSORT:Diodati, Lucio 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 21st-century Italian painters 1955 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian male artists 21st-century Italian male artists