Guido Molinari

1933 - 2004

Molinari was born in Montreal in 1933. He took night classes at the School of Art and Design at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, notably with Marian Scott. Later he pursued his drawing and painting independently, presenting his first solo exhibition at L’Échourie in 1954. The following year, he participated in the group exhibition Espace 55 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, as well as in Art Abstrait, four years later, also at the Museum. In addition to his many shows at the East Hampton Gallery during the 1960s, Molinari took part in the legendary 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Only shortly thereafter, he represented Canada at the thirty-fourth Venice Biennale in 1968, where he won the David E. Bright Foundation Prize. In 1969, he was appointed a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and in 1971 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1973, he received the Victor-Martyn-Lynch-Staunton Award, and, three years later, the National Gallery of Canada gave him his first retrospective. Molinari was the youngest recipient of the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas, in 1980. The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal honoured him with a final retrospective in 1995. Molinari held two teaching positions during his career: at the School of Art and Design, briefly (1964–65), and at Concordia University (1970–97). Molinari—painter, drawer, printmaker, sculptor, art theorist, and poet—died in 2004, in his hometown.



Past artworks by Guido Molinari



Mutation tri-orange

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - Historical and Post-War Canadian Art - 2 to 22 NOV 2020 2PM


Sold for $216,000 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


Post-war and Contemporary - Spring 2020


Sold for $78,000 CAD

Untitled (Triangulaires Series)

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - Historical and Post-War Canadian Art - 2 to 22 NOV 2020 2PM


Sold for $72,000 CAD

Quantificateur rouge

Guido Molinari


No auction


Sold for $66,000 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


Post-War and Contemporary - November 6th 2017


Sold for $60,000 CAD

Dyade bleu-vert

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - Important Canadian Art - Oct. 26 to Nov. 19 2023, 2PM


Sold for $54,600 CAD

Sériel vert-orange

Guido Molinari


BYDealers – Important Canadian Art – 5 to 27 November, 2022 (2:00 PM EST)


Sold for $46,800 CAD

Quantificateur bleu

Guido Molinari


Post-War and Contemporary – November 10th, 2019


Sold for $45,000 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


Canadian Art Sale - May 31st, 2018


Sold for $40,000 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


Canadian Art Sale - May 31st, 2018


Sold for $36,000 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


Post-war and Contemporary - Spring 2020


Sold for $27,000 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


Canadian Art Sale - May 31st, 2018


Sold for $20,400 CAD

Untitled (Noir et blanc)

Guido Molinari


BYDealers – Post-War & Contemporary Art – 6 to 28 Nov. 2021, 2PM


Sold for $14,400 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


BYDealers – Important Canadian Art – 5 to 27 November, 2022 (2:00 PM EST)


Sold for $11,400 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - Historical and Post-War Canadian Art - 2 to 22 NOV 2020 2PM


Sold for $7,800 CAD

Sans titre / Untitled

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - September Online Auction - Sept. 23rd to Oct. 8th, 2:00 PM (EDT)


Sold for $2,400 CAD

Untitled (from the series Quadrilatère)

Guido Molinari


BYDealers – November Online Auction – 19 November to 3 December, 2020, 2PM


Sold for $2,400 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


BYDealers – Vente en ligne de mars – 3 mars au 18 mars, 2025 14h (HNE)


Sold for $1,800 CAD

Asymétrie rouge et noir

Guido Molinari


February Online Auction – 7 to 21 FEB 2PM


Sold for $1,680 CAD

Triangulaire jaune-orange

Guido Molinari


BYDealers – March Online Auction – 28 February to 15 March, 2022, 2:00PM


Sold for $1,560 CAD

Opposition triangulaire

Guido Molinari


No auction


Sold for $1,440 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


No auction


Sold for $1,320 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


February Online Auction – 7 to 21 FEB 2PM


Sold for $1,080 CAD

Triangulaire jaune-orange

Guido Molinari


BYDealers – November Online Auction – 22 November to 7 December 2021, 2PM


Sold for $1,080 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


No auction


Sold for $960 CAD

Untitled

Guido Molinari


No auction


Sold for $960 CAD

Nul mot (livre d’artiste, 10 poèmes, 10 eaux-fortes)

Guido Molinari


No auction


Sold for $960 CAD

Untitled (From the series ”Triangulaire”)

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - Important Canadian Art - 8 to 28 may, 2024, 5PM


Sold for $114,000 CAD

Quantificateur bleu

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - Important Canadian Art - October 23rd - November 18th 2024


Sold for $30,000 CAD

Sans titre / Untitled

Guido Molinari


BYDealers - May Online Auction - May 20th to June 4th, 2:00 PM (EDT)


Sold for $4,200 CAD