Category:Mario Merz

**Mario Merz**
	Italian artist, painter and sculptor (1925–2003)
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Date of birth	1 January 1925; Milan
Date of death	9 November 2003; Turin
Place of burial	monumental cemetery of Milan;
Start of work period	1950;
End of work period	2003;
Floruit	1973;
Country of citizenship	Italy (1946–); Switzerland; Kingdom of Italy (1926–1946); Italy;
Educated at	University of Turin;
Occupation	painter; sculptor; draughtsman; installation artist; visual artist; artist; writer;
Field of work	art of sculpture;
Movement	Arte Povera;
Spouse	Marisa Merz;
Award received	Goslarer Kaiserring; Praemium Imperiale (2003); Arnold-Bode-Preis (1981); Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1996);
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	Q698877; ISNI: 0000000109201202; VIAF cluster ID: 84035893; GND ID: 118581287; Library of Congress Authorities ID: n83013075; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 120350081; IdRef ID: 027447138; NDL Authority ID: 00471554; Libraries Australia ID: 36503833; NL CR AUT ID: jn20000701216; SELIBR ID: 297048; National Library of Israel ID (old): 001448953; National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX994444; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069594597; BIBSYS ID: 90301974; NUKAT ID: n2002068849; Libris-URI: 20dhmlml195nds0; J9U entity ID: 987007500818905171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA05224741; SBN author ID: CFIV000159; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500089761; RKDartists ID: 55451; SIKART person ID: 4001700; Europeana entity: agent/base/80425; KulturNav-ID: ff485d65-5851-48d1-b6a5-8fb63f9834ed
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Mario Merz (born Jan. 1, 1925 in Milan/died Nov. 9, 2003 in Turin) was an Italian artist. He was a prominent member of the Arte Povera movement and a conceptual artist.