# Francesco Santosuosso

> Official website of Francesco Santosuosso (Milan, 1959), Italian painter and printmaker: curated series of works, the general chronological catalogue 1985–2025, biography and exhibitions, critical texts and contacts. Italian pages live at the root, English pages under /en.

Francesco Santosuosso is a figurative artist. He paints urban landscapes, nature and portraits on paper, wood and large-format canvas in mixed oil-and-acrylic technique, and makes etchings. Born in Milan in 1959, where he lives and works; graduate in Architecture (Politecnico di Milano); teaches Visual Arts at IED, Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan. First group show in 1985 (Galleria 9 Colonne, Bologna); editorial illustrator for the weekly Panorama 1987–1992; devoted exclusively to painting since 1997. Represented by Galleria Rubin and Galleria L'Affiche, both in Milan.

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## Works

- [Le serie](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere): index of the curated series, with the number of works in each
- [Paesaggi simbolici](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere/paesaggi-simbolici): large canvases and polyptychs in oil and acrylic; extreme nature, the tree of life, glaciers and water, the stormy sea as an allegory of contemporary society
- [Dipinti su Milano](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere/milano): the Central Station, San Vittore prison, charity canteens, the immigrant quarters; a portrait of Milan painted over more than twenty years
- [Ritratti](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere/ritratti): real and imagined faces in oil and mixed media on canvas and panel, 1998 to the present
- [Città del mondo](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere/citta-del-mondo): New York after 9/11, Baghdad, Mecca, Benares, Jerusalem, Trieste, Frankfurt; cities as theatres of contemporary history
- [Illustrazione sociale](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere/illustrazione-sociale): works on paper and canvas on social themes, continuing his work as an editorial illustrator (Panorama, 1987–1992)
- [Città Natura Mondo](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere/citta-natura-mondo): works from the solo exhibition of the same name, in part retrospective
- [Percorso cronologico 1992–2017](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/opere/percorso-1992-2017): twenty-five years of research in brief, from the Architectures of the 1990s to the paintings on water
- [Catalogo generale cronologico 1985–2025](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/catalogo): every catalogued work in order of year, with title, technique and dimensions where known

## Artist

- [Biografia e mostre](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/biografia): short biography, full list of solo and group exhibitions since 1985, videos
- [Testi critici](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/testi-critici): catalogue presentations and critical essays by Goffredo Fofi, Ferruccio Giromini, Alessandro Riva, Marco Meneguzzo, Sergio Vanni, Robert Gligorov, Gerlinde Schmidt and others, with English translations where available
- [Contatti](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/contatti): the artist's e-mail and telephone, the two representing galleries with addresses, and answers to where the works can be seen and how they can be bought

## English pages

- [Home](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/en): English home page
- [The series](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/en/works): index of the curated series in English; each series is at /en/works/ followed by the same slug as the Italian page
- [General Chronological Catalogue 1985–2025](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/en/catalogue): the full catalogue with English labels
- [Biography and exhibitions](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/en/biography): biography and exhibition lists in English
- [Critical texts](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/en/critical-texts): the essays, in English translation where one exists
- [Contact](https://www.francescosantosuosso.com/en/contact): contacts and frequently asked questions in English

## Optional

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