Bato
BATO was born in Rome in 1977. He holds a degree in Literature and Philosophy and a diploma in art from Rome’s Liceo Artistico Sperimentale Alberto Savinio. In 2019-2020, Bato’s solo exhibition “Jungle” featuring his latest animal paintings and sculptures was held in the Tonino Guerra Museum in Santarcangelo di Romagna.
Bato depicts the very essence of his subject matter in a fluid and spontaneous manner. Stimulated by his interest in jazz, improvisation and gestural painting are key features of his working method. His jungle works draw inspiration from an in-depth study of zoology and the wild but also his love of the literary works of adventure writers such as Rudyard Kipling and Emilio Salgari. His subjects include lions, tigers, elephants, crocodiles and gorillas, simplified into essential forms using expressive colour and energetic lines or transformed into a stylized range of sculpted creations in bronze, iron, resin and wax.
LEONE DALLA BARBA BIANCA
2019 | Mixed media on canvas 66.1 x 41.3 in
Price: € 3,800
BANIAN CON LIANA
2019 | Mixed media on canvas
59 x 43.3 in
Price: € 2,700
MANDRILLI
2017 | Mixed media on canvas | 51.2 x 51.2 in
Price: € 2,600
CEIBO DELLA MUSICA
2019 | Mixed media on canvas
59 x 47.2 in
Price: € 2,800
PESCA DELL'ORSO
2018 | Mixed media on canvas | 51.2 x 59.1 in
Price: € 2,700
![]() COCCODRILLO II 2018 | mixed media on canvas | 39.4 x 59.1 in Price: € 2,500 | ![]() PASIFAE 2019 | Mixed media on canvas | 39.4 x 59 in Price: € 2,500 |
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![]() ELEFANTE BIANCO THAI 2016 | Mixed media on canvas | 59.1 x 78.7 in Price: € 2,900 |
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![]() GORILLA 2018 | Mixed media on canvas | 47.6 x 59.1 in Price: € 2,700 | ![]() GORILLA VS GORILLA 2018 | Mixed media on canvas 59.1 x 63 in Price: € 2,900 |
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![]() GHEPARDO 2017 | mixed media on canvas | 15.7 x 33.1 in | Price: € 1,100 | ![]() BABIRUSSA E ALBERO 2018 | Mixed media on canvas | 35.4 x 35.4 in Price: € 1,600 |
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![]() LEONE CONTRO BOA 2018 | Mixed media on canvas | 35.4 x 59.1 in Price: € 2,300 |
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![]() TIGRE NELLA GIUNGLASold | ![]() MOBY DICK IVSold |
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![]() IBIS SCARLATTISold |
![]() TIGRE 2018 | Shaped iron | 22.4 x 46.5 x 24.4 in Price: € 4,500 | ![]() TIGRE detail . . | ![]() LEONE 2018 | Wrought iron | 22.8 x 47.2 x 26.8 in Price: € 4,500 |
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![]() LEONE detail . . |