# Mario Donizetti

Mario Donizetti (23 January 1932) is an Italian painter and essayist from Bergamo, Lombardy.

## Biography

Scientific technical researches have led Donizetti to use innovative techniques for his works such as varnished and glazed egg-yolk tempera as well as his personal encausto and his "encaustic pastel".
In 1977 Donizetti founded the Centre for Research Techniques of Arts and in 2003 the "Donizetti School-Museum" online. Donizetti also contributes to newspapers and magazines with essays on aesthetics and diagnosis of restoration.
In 1983 an anthological exhibition of his work was held in the halls of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.

## Works

Donizetti's notable works include the "Crucifix" in The Treasury Museum of the Vatican Basilica; the frescos and the altar piece in the historical Basilica in Pontida; the portrait of Pope John Paul II (now part of the National Portrait Gallery (United States) collection in Washington, D.C.) and published on the covers of Time (magazine); "Commedia dell'Arte" in the "Spajani Raccolta" GAMEC in Bergamo; and "La Carità" in the "Margherita Cassis Faraone Collection".

## Exhibitions

* "Premio Suzzara" 1951 and 1952
* "Mostra Arte Sacra" 1952
* "Premio Michetti" 1953
* "Nazionale Arte Sacra-Bologna" 1954
* One man show – Galleria Ranzini – via Brera Milano 1955
* "II Quadriennale di Roma" 1955
* "Biennale Arte Sacra Angelicum" 1957
* One Man Show – Galleria Ranzini – via Brera Milano 1958
* "Biennale Angelicum" 1959
* One Man Show - La Bussola, Genova 1960
* "The Picture and the Painter" Trafalgar Galleries London 1960
* "Biennale Arte Sacra Angelicum" 1961
* "Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica" 1962
* "Museo Teatrale alla Scala" 1963
* "Palazzo della Permanente" Milano 1964
* "Palazzo Reale" Milano 1966
* "The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition" London 1966
* "Palazzo della Permanente" 1967
* "Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea" Milano 1969
* One Man Show Galleria Quaglino Torino 1970
* One Man Show Galleria Pirra Torino 1973
* One Man Show J.H.Bauer Galerie Hannover 1974
* One Man Show Leitheimer Schloss Museum Mùnchen 1974
* "Anthological Exhibition" Ambrosiana Museum 1983-84
* "Museo del Patriarcato" Aquileia 1995
* "Palazzo Sormani" Milano 1995
* "The Seven Deadly Seens" Palazzo della Ragione BG 1999
* "Raccolta Spajani" GAMEC BG 1999
* "75° TIME Smithsonian Institution" Washington 2000
* "75° TIME National Academic Museum" New York 2000
* One man show Galleria Schreiber Brescia 2000
* One man show Galleria Arsmedia Bergamo 2002
* "Quadrato per la Ricerca" GAMEC BG 2005
* "Donizetti Designer" Galleria Arsmedia 2003
* One man show Galleria Cappelletti – via Brera Milano 2007
* One man show Radici-Casa Bergamo 2008
* Mostra personale dal 9 aprile al 30 giugno 2011 – CASTELLO di ORZINUOVI
* 54° BIENNALE – 2011 – ARSENALE VENEZIA
* MOSTRA PALAZZO GRIMANI – VITTORIO SGARBI: "l'ombra del sacro nell'arte contemporanea" – VENEZIA 2011

## Essays

* "Form and no Form" 1958 Ranzini
* "Why Figurative" 1992 Corponove Ed.
* "Rationality of Faith and of Beauty" 1995 Corponove Ed.
* "Letter to Pemenides" 1996 Corponove Ed.
* "Letter to Plato" 1997 Corponove Ed.
* "Why Figurative" 1997 II° Edition ART'E'
* "Aesthetic Arguments" 1999 Corponove Ed.
* "Letter to Hegel" 2000 Corponove Ed.
* "Lessons on Art Technique" 2005 Corponove Ed.
* "Bocconi d'Arte" 2006 ESI Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane
* "Letter to Phyllis" 2007 Corponove Ed.
* "IL SACRO DELL'ARTE – LETTERA AGLI ARTISTI" – ED. CORPONOVE 2011
* "QUESTO RAFFAELLO NON SI DEVE RESTAURARE" – ECO DI BERGAMO 2O LUGLIO 2012
* "DIPINTO NON RITOCCATO LA SUA VERNICE E'AUTENTICA" – CORRIERE DELLA SERA 8 giugno 2013
* "L'ILLUSIONE DI KANT E IL RITORNO AI VALORI DEI SENSI" – CORRIERE DELLA SERA 16 gennaio 2014

## Mario Donizetti in museums

* NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY – SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – WASHINGTON
* MUSEO TESORO BASILICA SAN PIETRO IN VATICANO
* MUSEO STORICA BASILICA PONTIDA
* CIVICO MUSEO DI UDINE
* MUSEO TEATRALE ALLA SCALA MILANO
* GAMEC – GALLERIA DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA BERGAMO