Lot 679: Ulrico Montefiori Schettini, Italian b.1932-

Ulrico Montefiori Schettini, Italian b.1932- Untitled abstract composition; black ink and mixed technique on paper, signed and dated 1960, 97x62cm (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: Ulrico Schettini was born in Cosenza, Italy. After studying art at Pesaro, Paris and Rome he settled in England in 1958. An academically-inclined artist, during the 1960s and early 1970s he lectured at Hull College of Arts and Crafts, Carlisle College of Art and Design, Hornsea College of Art, the City Literary Institute and King' College London. He worked in New York in 1964 and from 1966-71 lectured annually in America under the auspices of the Association of American Colleges. Schettini first solo exhibition was at the experimental New Vision Gallery in 1958, followed by one in Newcastle. He then exhibited at the Drian Gallery in 1959 plus other London galleries in the 1960s. Group shows included the ICA in London and others in Paris and Milan. He had a major retrospective exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery, Hull in 1966 which attracted international attention. Further exhibitions at the Café Royal, London in 1972 and the Palazzo della Permanente, Milan in 1974. Wildensteins in New York also sold his work.