Centre for Romanian Studies

MARIO RICCI (Biographical note)

Retrospectiva de peisajii – Mario Ricci, Italy Retrospective of Lazio Landscapes.
Romanian-born Mario Ricci comes from a prominent family of architects, painters and leaders of the intellectual and cultural set of the 20th century Romania.
He distinguished himself in his career as a Civil Engineer with outstanding projects in Germany and the Middle East. His works as an amateur painter is part of a family tradition which includes his late paternal aunt, Zoe Ricci and step grandfather Dimitrie STIUBEI (1901-1986), both of whom died in exile.
Early in his artistic career Mario Ricci worked in the atelier of his grandfather on large official commissions in Tulcea and elsewhere, After his move to Germany Ricci had made several copies after great masters as a means of acquiring different artistic skills (see his copies after Monet and van Gogh).

"Cappella del Vecchio Cimitero", Mario Ricci, Pastel

Mario Ricci, "Campagna Sinese", acryl

Mario Ricci, "Castello di Sorano", Pastel

Mario Ricci. "Vista dal Capo Terzo", oil

Mario Ricci, Woodland Landscape after van Gogh

Mario Ricci, Landscape after Monet

Mario Ricci, Landscape after Monet