Valentino Vago (1931 – 2018) was one of the most original interpreters of his generation. The artistic research that he has cultivated and enriched in over sixty years of work focuses on light and on the impressions he generates on the canvas through the skilful use of color.
Vago’s artistic career opens in the Sixties, with the work Black Line (1964) and the first Horizons (1964-1965). His works were exhibited at the Galleria Annunciata in Milan, included in the Painting ’70 exhibition curated by Francesco Bartoli, Renzo Beltrame and Vittorio Fagone and presented at the XI Bienal Sao Paulo in 1971. That experience marks the beginnings of the international career of the painter, who sees his works exhibited in Paris, Belgrade and Lisbon. Starting from the Eighties, Vago’s artistic research expands towards the architectural space. In 1980 he painted three rooms on a tonal scale in Palazzo Reale, Milan, creating a temporary habitable work presented by Renato Barilli, while in 1982 he worked on the church of San Giulio in Barlassina, painting it entirely in blue. During the 1990s and 2000s, the artist carried out interventions in Monza, San Donato Milanese, Rome and Rovello Porro; at the same time the international artistic activity continues, which sees the painter involved in 2008 in the construction of a church in Doa in Qatar designed by the Milanese architects Magnoli and Carmellini.
In 2012 the Academicians of San Luca recommended Valentino Vago, who was awarded the President of the Republic Award in the same year.