Italian Artists

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Italian Artists

548 artists 3,273 works at MoMA

Most-Represented Artists

  1. 284 Alighiero Boetti (1940–1994)
  2. 201 Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960)
  3. 187 Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2012)
  4. 130 Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992)
  5. 111 Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978)
  6. 93 Felice Beato (1825–1903)
  7. 84 Francesco Clemente (b. 1952)
  8. 74 Giuseppe Penone (b. 1947)
  9. 70 Massimo Vignelli (1931–2014)
  10. 56 A. G. Fronzoni (1923–2002)

Gender Representation

  • Male — 431
  • Female — 45

Birth-Cohort Distribution

1
1175–1199
1
1775–1799
5
1800–1824
4
1825–1849
9
1850–1874
46
1875–1899
128
1900–1924
207
1925–1949
68
1950–1974
16
1975–1999

Era Leaders by Birth Cohort

CohortMost-represented artistWorks
1775–1799Tommaso Cuccioni1
1800–1824Gioacchino Altobelli10
1825–1849Felice Beato93
1850–1874Giacomo Balla11
1875–1899Giorgio de Chirico111
1900–1924A. G. Fronzoni56
1925–1949Alighiero Boetti284
1950–1974Maurizio Cattelan201
1975–1999Giorgia Lupi54

Top Media

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Other Media 827 25.3%
Lithography 578 17.7%
Drawing 360 11%
Printmaking 331 10.1%
Etching 284 8.7%
Gouache 171 5.2%
Watercolor 104 3.2%
Oil Painting 90 2.7%

Classification Breakdown

Classification Works Share
Illustrated Book 809 24.7%
Design 743 22.7%
Print 733 22.4%
Photograph 315 9.6%
Architecture 290 8.9%
Drawing 234 7.1%
Painting 74 2.3%
Sculpture 41 1.3%

Department Concentration

MoMA Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 1790 54.7%
Architecture & Design 1034 31.6%
Photography 316 9.7%
Painting & Sculpture 116 3.5%
Media and Performance 7 0.2%
Fluxus Collection 5 0.2%
Film 5 0.2%

Production by Decade

35
0s
18
1850s
93
1860s
1
1870s
3
1880s
1
1890s
7
1900s
114
1910s
89
1920s
212
1930s
155
1940s
210
1950s
836
1960s
530
1970s
367
1980s
205
1990s
161
2000s
191
2010s
45
2020s

Physical Scale of Catalogued Works

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)114537.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)162753.6%
Large (1–3 m)2428%
Monumental (> 3 m)220.7%

Currently On View at The Met

25 works from Italian artists currently installed in Met galleries