GIOVANNI
GEROMETTA
Italian of origin, Gerometta was fascinated
at an early age by the art of mosaics. His
keen interest and natural talent enabled him to be accepted
in 1949 at the ''Erene of Spilimbergo'', Italy's foremost
mosaic school, the National School of Mosaic Design.
During his first years in Canada, Gerometta executed
several mosaic murals in churches and public buildings
throughout the province of Québec.
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He, later on, took art lessons at the Musée
du Québec and worked with several artists.
Already endowed with the necessary skills of design
and sketch from his years of mosaic study, he learns
to master quickly the technique of oil painting. With
great passion and hard work Gerometta succeeds. He
has solo exhibitions in Montréal, Hull, Halifax
and participates in group exhibitions in many Canadian
cities. He also participates at the Baie St-Paul art
symposium in 1982 and 1983.
His mosaics and his paintings hang in many public
and private collections throughout Canada, the United-States
and Europe. They portray nature and every day
life. It is the unusual or uncommon content and perspective
as well as the simplicity of the colours and composition
of his paintings which strike the viewer. Muted, soft
tones, large planes of colour, and a tendency towards
clear geometric forms characterize Gerometta's work.
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Paintings
and mosaics
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