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CURRICULUM  VITAE

 

FRANCESCO RUSPOLI

 

 

 

OBJECTIVE

 

        As an award winning  abstract figurative painter and colourist, I seek to capture mood and emotion, demonstrated through texture and symbolism.

        My style is bold and reminiscent of Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Leon Kossoff, Frank Auerbach.

 

 

 

AWARDS

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2008   GOLD MEDAL  

Beijing Olympic Fine Art

1998   KNIGHT OF THE ART ACADEMY GRECI-MARINO
1995   MA THEATRE DESIGN CENTRAL ST MARTIN
1994   ACADEMICIAN ACADEMY GRECI-MARINO
1991   BRONZE MEDAL MAIRIE 17e Arrond. PARIS
1988   GOLD MEDAL FRENCH CULTURE
1987   EUGENE FROMENTIN FEDERATION LATINS
1986   SILVER MEDAL FRENCH CULTURE
1986   GOLDEN PAINTING FRENCH CULTURE
1985   GRAND FINALIST INTERNATIONAL SALON
1985   BRONZE MEDAL BIENNIAL VILLENEUVE
1985   SPECIAL MENTION BIENNIAL CANNES
1985   GRAND FINALIST GRAND PRIX OF CANNES
1985   D I PLOME DU MERITE INTERNATIONAL SALON
1985   S I LVER MEDAL GRAND PRIX OF ROME
1984   GRAND FINALIST GRAND PRIX OF DEAUVILLE
1984   SPECIAL MENTION LYON FESTIVAL
1984   GRAND FINALIST GRAND PRIX OF CANNES
       

 

 

 

MUSEUMS, publications AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

 

  • Gauguin Museum, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

  • International Museum Dell'Etichetta of Cupramontana, Italy

  • Museum of Art of Chianciano Terme, Tuscany, Italy

  • Who's Who in Art, 31st Edition, Hilmarton Manor Press

  • The Oxford Blue Book

  • The Cambridge Blue Book

  • Great Minds of the 21st Century, USA

  • Dictionary of International Biography, 32nd ed, IBC Cambridge, England

  • Medial 1. Art Biennial 2005, Word of art publication, England

  • Famous 100 Contemporary Artists, World of art publication, England

  • Artist Contact, World of art publication, England

  • Robert Hardy

  • Dame Felicity Lott

  • Decia de Pauw

 

 

SET AND COSTUMES DESIGN

 

1999   Mind the Gap  Canal Cafe Theatre
1997   The May Barons Court Theatre
1995   Snuff  London Film Festival
1995   Commercial  CTVC Studios
1995   Triangle  Cochrane Theatre
1994   LLoves Labours Lost Cochrane Theatre
1994 Sakespeare's Universe Barbican