Artist

Conrad Marca-Relli

born Boston, MA 1913-died Parma, Italy 2000
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Conrad Marca-Relli, 1960, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001955
Also known as
  • Corrado di Marca-Relli
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died
Parma, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Active in
  • Ibiza, Spain
  • East Hampton, New York, United States
  • Sarasota, Florida, United States
Biography

Painter and collage maker, largely self-taught. The early work reflected interest in Italian Surrealism and then Abstract Expressionism. His later signature collages combine cut-out shapes of overlapping canvas, to which he adds paint.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)