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   Luigi Marrozzini

     

7/30/33 - 12/21/97

Born in Rome, Italy.   Graduated in 1954 from the Institute Leonardo Da Vinci in Rome.  Founded Galería Colibrí in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1962.  Founded and was Secretary General of the San Juan Biennial of the Latin American Print from 1970 - 1979.  Secretary of the San Juan International Film Festival, 1977-1978.  Founder of Luigi Marrozzini Gallery in 1980.  Founder of Colibrí Digital Imaging in 1992. 

Founder of Arte Foundation and Arte Foundation Shop in 1995.

Author of the catalogues raisonnés of the Complete Graphic Work of José Clemente Orozco and Luis Hernández Cruz published by the University of Puerto Rico and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in 1969.

Editor and publisher of the Casals Portfolio, the Puerto Rican or Colibrí Portfolio, and the Latin American Portfolio.  Publisher of the only existing edition of Picasso's "Flautiste et Dormeuse, II".  Publisher of 2 prints by Salvador Dalí which are, in fact, original.   

Creator of the "Pequeño Formato " exhibits which first opened in 1990, inspired by the spirit of the exhibit "L'Avant Garde" shown years earlier at Galería Colibrí.

Founder of "Noches de Galerías", which has become an Old San Juan institution the first Tuesday of every month, during the season.

Curator of hundreds of exhibitions, from Durer and Goya to Picasso and Warhol. 

Art consultant to private and public corporations.  Art speaker.  Art professor.  Art juror.  Art mentor.  And one incredibly fascinating and dynamic human being.

This site is dedicated to his spirit.

  

 

 
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