Mario Titi

Mario Titi ( * 1921 in Frascati, † 1982) was an Italian painter.

Life and work

Mario Titi comes from the town of Frascati. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and later joined the movement of Futurism on. He is a student of " Tato " ( Guglielmo Sansoni ) and later by Pippo Rizzo.

Mario Titi is considered a painter of the artistic scene in Rome and Castelli Romani's. His works are found worldwide in the churches and museums of Lazio and in private collections. In personal gallery openings in Rome, Naples and exhibitions in Frascati he showed works that have been created with technology Colata, a drip and casting technique. Quickly established itself as a leading representative of the Titi Colata. This was followed by exhibitions in Paris, New York, Monaco, Milan and Madrid.

In the 1970s he produced a cycle of 120 Colate which have been inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy. The three cycles of 40 images Inferno ( Hell), Purgatorio ( Purgatory ), and Paradiso ( Paradise) correspond to the three parts of the Commedia.

Works

• Altarpiece, 1974, 117 x 72 cm, oil on canvas Pala di Mario Chiesa di Titi Capocroce Frascati.jpg
• Ulivi, 1967, 40 x 50 cm, oil on canvas
• Natura morta, 1974, 19 x 13 cm, oil on canvas