Gino Scarpa
Gino Scarpa (8 November 1924 – 4 December 2022) was an Italian-born Norwegian painter, printmaker, sculptor and mountaineer. He studied architecture in Venice, and printmaking in Malmö. He worked several years as mountain guide in the Dolomites, until he moved to Copenhagen in 1958, where he established himself as a full-time artist.
Also recorded as Gino Luigi Ettore Scarpa · Luigi Scarpa
Gino Scarpa
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- Name
- Gino Scarpa
- Born
- 8 November 1924
- Birthplace
- Venice, Italy
- Died
- 4 December 2022
- Place of death
- Oslo, Norway
- Occupation
- Painter, printmaker and sculptor
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Languages
- Norwegian and Italian.
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Gino Scarpa (8 November 1924 – 4 December 2022) was an Italian-born Norwegian painter, printmaker, sculptor and mountaineer. He studied architecture in Venice, and printmaking in Malmö. He worked several years as mountain guide in the Dolomites, until he moved to Copenhagen in 1958, where he established himself as a full-time artist.
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He moved to Oslo in 1970, and became a Norwegian citizen in 1978. He is represented in the National Gallery of Norway with the painting Daggry from 1978, as well as prints. He is represented in the Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo with the sculptures Signum (1972) and Bølge (1973). Scarpa died in Oslo on 4 December 2022, aged 98.
The recorded working language is Norwegian and Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna, Copenhagen and Oslo. Work by Gino Scarpa is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and Statens Museum for Kunst.
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• Name — Gino Scarpa • Born — 8 November 1924 • Birthplace — Venice, Italy • Died — 4 December 2022 • Place of death — Oslo, Norway • Occupation — Painter, printmaker and sculptor
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Gino Scarpa is recorded as illustrator, painter, graphic designer, sculptor and draftsperson.
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1924
Gino Scarpa born at Venice.
2022
Gino Scarpa died at Oslo.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q11972013: Gino Scarpa
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- Scarpa, Gino, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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The authorities additionally record the headings Gino Luigi Ettore Scarpa and Luigi Scarpa. His recorded languages were Norwegian and Italian.
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National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and Statens Museum for Kunst
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