Antonio Ciccone

Antonio Ciccone was born in 1939 in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.

Antonio Ciccone in his studio: 1987 photo Balatri

In 1954, with the help of Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, he went to Florence to study art in the studios of Pietro Annigoni and Nerina Simi and at the Scuola Libera del Nudo at the Fine Arts Academy.
From 1963 to 1980 he lived between Italy and the United States exhibiting and taking portrait commissions. He has had more than 100 one-man shows throughout the United States and Europe and his works are included in both museums and private collections.

The artist has done extensive fresco work including the Nativity done in 1987 in Ponte Buggianese, Pistoia.

Among numerous awards, he is the recipient of the

1970 Val Arbogast Memorial Prize (Parrish Art Museum, N.Y.)
1^st Prize , 1972, Prima Biennale Internazionale d’Arte Sacra, Convento dei Cappuccini, S. Giovanni Rotondo
1992 Premio Firenze/Europa.

Cercando Padre Pio, his fifth book, follows

Ciccone lives and works in Florence, Italy, where he maintains his studio on Via de’ Serragli.

Art books

FORTUNA, Alberto Maria, Antonio Ciccone - Vita di Pittore, Florence, Tipografia Latini, 1991
CICCONE, Antonio, Composizione 1992-1993, Florence, Tipografia Latini, 1994
CICCONE, Antonio, Gatti/Cats, Florence, Tipografia Latini, 1995
CICCONE, Antonio, Nello Studio/ In the Studio, Florence, Tipografia Latini, 1996

Book order form

To order : send book order forms to Antonio Ciccone, by mail or E-Mail; send check by mail, payable to Antonio Ciccone.

Portfolios, lithographs, prints and catalogues by Antonio Ciccone are also available.

For more information:

Antonio Ciccone

Via dè Serragli, 20

50124 Firenze - Italy

E-Mail: ciccone@dada.it

Fax +39 55 287930

(last update: 8 july1997)