Rating and value 2024 of paintings by Lucio Fontana

If you own a work by or based on the artist Lucio Fontana and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers can help you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Then, if you wish to sell your work of art, we will guide you towards the best possible means of obtaining the best possible price. 

Artist's rating and value

Lucio Fontana's popularity on the art market is high and stable. Highly coveted by collectors, his futuristic paintings can fetch thousands of euros at auction. The price at which they sell on the auction market ranges from €40 to €3,027,960, a substantial delta but one that speaks volumes about the value that can be attributed to the artist's works. A case in point is his 1964 painting Concetto spatiale, La fine di Dio, which fetched €24,079,230 in 2015. 

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The artist's works and style

Lucio Fontana is a member of the Spatialist movement, an Italian art movement of the 1950s focused on the exploration of space and movement. Characterized by the use of advanced technologies, interactivity and the fusion of artistic disciplines, he seeks to create immersive, multi-sensory experiences for viewers.

Lucio Fontana, Argentine spatialist  

Lucio Fontana was a visionary Italian artist, born in 1899 in Rosario, Argentina, and died in 1968 in Milan, Italy. He is widely recognized as one of the main protagonists of the Spatialist movement, also known as Spatialism.

Fontana played a crucial role in redefining artistic practice in the 20th century, particularly through his radical experimentation with the notion of space in art. His work transcended the traditional boundaries of painting and sculpture to explore new artistic territories.

In the 1940s and 1950s, Fontana developed what he called the "Concetti Spaziali" (Spatial Concepts), a series of works involving the perforation or laceration of monochrome canvases. These acts, often interpreted as gestures of destruction, were in fact Fontana's means of incorporating the idea of three-dimensional space into painting. By perforating the canvas, he created an opening through which depth and emptiness could be explored. These gestures were an attempt to transcend the two-dimensional surface of painting to reveal new realms of artistic expression.

Beyond canvas, Fontana also explored the use of innovative materials such as glass, metal and plastic to create works that challenged the limits of space and movement. He was particularly interested in the idea of fusing art with architecture, seeking to create total artistic environments where the viewer could be immersed in a sensory and spatial experience. 

The artist's imprint on his period

Fontana was a pioneer in the use of new technologies and materials to express his artistic ideas. His work had a significant influence on many later art movements, including Minimalism, Conceptualism and Environmental Art.

 His signature

Lucio Fontana's works are not all signed.

Although there are variations, here is a first example of its signature:  

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