FRANCO COSTA. “Roll Away to Leeward”.

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3333917. FRANCO COSTA. “Roll Away to Leeward”.

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Silkscreen in colour, 92 x 67 cm. Signed and dated in the print Franco Costa 86.

FRANCO COSTA “America's Cup artist”

Franco Costa was born on August 14, 1934 in Rome. When Costa visited a church in Dundee, Scotland, at the age of fourteen, where he saw incredibly intricate stained glass windows, he was inspired to apply himself to painting. This came to influence his choice of studies in Rome, Geneva, Zurich and then at L'Ecole des Art et Métiers in Paris, Vence and Antibes. During his studies in Vence and Antibes, he met the artists Nicolas de Staë, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, from whom he came to take great impressions. After the death of Nicolas de Staël, Franco Costa travelled to South America where visited Argentina and Brazil, mainly to build with his uncle Lucio Costa the new capital Brasilia.

When he returned to Europe in 1965, Costa began working as a stylist where French and Italian fashion companies such as Dior and Valentino began to use his designs. In 1967 he travelled to Ethiopia where he published his book “Theodor II” (a story about the life of Emperor Theodor). While travelling through China, India and Nepal, he was inspired by oriental art. Although Costa had many projects, he has most notably gone down in history as the official artist to depict the America's Cup and the international sailing world.

Although Costa had many projects, he has most notably gone down in history as the official artist to depict the world's oldest and most famous international sailing competition, the “America's Cup”. In 1980 he was given the honorable commission to design and paint for the America's Cup, his motives and sense of expressing racing situations have been much appreciated around the world. This also paved the way for his participation in many different sailing competitions but also in other international sporting events.

At the 50th anniversary of the Holocaust and the memorial concert for Gilbert Levine in Rome, Costa created the painting Never more Holocaust in 1994, which he donated to Pope John Paul II. At the 100th anniversary of Nord-Ostsee-Kanal he created several paintings, which were shown around at various exhibitions in much of Western Europe, in 1995. In support of young artists, Franco Costa has also invested both time and money. In 1997, he founded his USEDOM to help young artists. Costa's graphic work is characterized by a fine sensitivity to alignment and a striving for simplicity of form and color.

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Not examined out of frame.

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Yes

Artist/designer

Franco Costa (1934–2015)

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Franco Costa

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3333917. FRANCO COSTA. “Roll Away to Leeward”.

Description

Silkscreen in colour, 92 x 67 cm. Signed and dated in the print Franco Costa 86.

FRANCO COSTA “America's Cup artist”

Franco Costa was born on August 14, 1934 in Rome. When Costa visited a church in Dundee, Scotland, at the age of fourteen, where he saw incredibly intricate stained glass windows, he was inspired to apply himself to painting. This came to influence his choice of studies in Rome, Geneva, Zurich and then at L'Ecole des Art et Métiers in Paris, Vence and Antibes. During his studies in Vence and Antibes, he met the artists Nicolas de Staë, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, from whom he came to take great impressions. After the death of Nicolas de Staël, Franco Costa travelled to South America where visited Argentina and Brazil, mainly to build with his uncle Lucio Costa the new capital Brasilia.

When he returned to Europe in 1965, Costa began working as a stylist where French and Italian fashion companies such as Dior and Valentino began to use his designs. In 1967 he travelled to Ethiopia where he published his book “Theodor II” (a story about the life of Emperor Theodor). While travelling through China, India and Nepal, he was inspired by oriental art. Although Costa had many projects, he has most notably gone down in history as the official artist to depict the America's Cup and the international sailing world.

Although Costa had many projects, he has most notably gone down in history as the official artist to depict the world's oldest and most famous international sailing competition, the “America's Cup”. In 1980 he was given the honorable commission to design and paint for the America's Cup, his motives and sense of expressing racing situations have been much appreciated around the world. This also paved the way for his participation in many different sailing competitions but also in other international sporting events.

At the 50th anniversary of the Holocaust and the memorial concert for Gilbert Levine in Rome, Costa created the painting Never more Holocaust in 1994, which he donated to Pope John Paul II. At the 100th anniversary of Nord-Ostsee-Kanal he created several paintings, which were shown around at various exhibitions in much of Western Europe, in 1995. In support of young artists, Franco Costa has also invested both time and money. In 1997, he founded his USEDOM to help young artists. Costa's graphic work is characterized by a fine sensitivity to alignment and a striving for simplicity of form and color.

Condition

Not examined out of frame.

Resale right

Yes

Artist/designer

Franco Costa (1934–2015)

Theme

Franco Costa

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