# Salvo artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-05-08T14:24:30.000Z
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## Artist identity

- Death date: 2015-09-12
- Nationality: Italian
- Movements: Conceptual art
- Common media: painting

## About Salvo

Salvo, born Salvatore Mangione in 1947 in Leonforte, Sicily, was an Italian painter and conceptual artist who became a prominent figure in the Turin art scene. Active from the late 1960s onward, he was recognized for an evolving practice that moved between conceptual strategies and a distinctive return to painting characterized by luminous, often landscape-based imagery. His work is held in major institutional collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Salvo lived and worked in Turin for most of his career and remained an influential presence in Italian contemporary art until his death on September 12, 2015. Collectors encounter his work across a range of media, from early conceptual pieces to the richly colored paintings that defined his later output.

## Common works and media

Salvo is commonly represented at auction by oil paintings on canvas, often depicting landscapes, cityscapes, and architectural subjects rendered in a vivid, semi-naive style. Works on paper, including drawings and prints, also appear regularly. His early career included conceptual and text-based works. Collectors may encounter both his earlier conceptual pieces and the brightly colored paintings for which he became widely known.

## Market and appraisal context

Salvo's work appears at auction in Post-War and Contemporary Art categories, with over 500 recorded lots indicating an active secondary market. His paintings, particularly those from his later period, are the most frequently offered works. Value depends on medium, size, period of execution, provenance, and condition. Early conceptual works and later landscape paintings represent different market segments. Buyers should verify attribution and confirm exhibition or publication history when available, as these factors affect collectibility.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from museum, library authority, and institutional sources with auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Salvo, identity data is grounded in Getty ULAN, Library of Congress, VIAF, RKD, and MoMA collection records.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1596086
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvo_(artist)
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500053945
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96039659/
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/1242145856985022920748/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78010015
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/37017
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/129063