Willy Rizzo
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Willy Rizzo is best known as a photographer and his career began during the golden age of photojournalism. He began in illustrious 20 year career with Paris Match in 1948 that would see him photograph some of the greatest names of the age.

Married as he then was to actress Elsa Martinelli, Rizzo has unparalleled access to the stars and his constellation of sitters would include such greats as Brigitte Bardot, Sofia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. His assignments would take him to the Nuremberg trials and the French Indochina war. He was the first in the Vatican to photograph the new Pope Pius XII and his colour portrait of Winston Churchill made the first cover of Paris Match. Herge even based the character of Paris-Flash photographer Walter Rizotto in Tintin’s adventure The Castafiore Emerald on his real-life Paris Match counterpart.

His photographic work is well known and well documented, but less so is his design. In the late 60s, he put down his camera and focused instead on furniture design, a field which, though he had no experience, he would go on to enjoy considerable success. His imagination and severe neo-classical style defines the Italian style between 1965 and 1980.

Willy Rizzo

Below is a selection of pieces from our current stock of Willy Rizzo pieces.  

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Origin: France
Circa Date: 2010
Dimensions: Height: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Width: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0146
Location: London
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1954
Dimensions: Height: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Width: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0144
Location: London
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1955
Dimensions: Height: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Width: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0141
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1950
Dimensions: Height: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Width: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0140
Location: London
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1962
Dimensions: Height: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Width: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0139
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1963
Dimensions: Height: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Width: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0138
Location: London
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1963
Dimensions: Height: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Width: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0137
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1954
Dimensions: Height: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Width: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0134
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1954
Dimensions: Height: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Width: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0133
Location: London
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1958
Dimensions: Height: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Width: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0132
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1949
Dimensions: Height: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Width: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0131
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1955
Dimensions: Height: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Width: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0129
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 1955
Dimensions: Height: 42.9 in (109.0 cm)
Width: 39.0 in (99.0 cm)
Stock No: P2J0127
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 2009
Dimensions: Height: 11.0 in (28.0 cm)
Width: 55.1 in (140.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 31.5 in (80.0 cm)
Stock No: F2J0122
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 2009
Dimensions: Height: 19.7 in (50.0 cm)
Width: 31.5 in (80.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 19.7 in (50.0 cm)
Stock No: F2J0121
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 2009
Dimensions: Height: 29.1 in (74.0 cm)
Width: 33.5 in (85.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 33.5 in (85.0 cm)
Stock No: F2J0119
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 2009
Dimensions: Height: 22.0 in (55.9 cm)
Diameter: 29.5 in (75.0 cm)
Stock No: F2J0118
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 2009
Dimensions: Height: 23.6 in (60.0 cm)
Width: 19.7 in (50.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 19.7 in (50.0 cm)
Stock No: F2J0116
Location: New York
Origin: France
Circa Date: 2009
Dimensions: Height: 33.5 in (85.0 cm)
Width: 47.2 in (120.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 17.7 in (45.0 cm)
Stock No: F2J0114
Location: New York
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1972
Dimensions: Height: 29.5 in (75.0 cm)
Width: 50.8 in (129.0 cm)
Stock No: F2H0036
Location: New York
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1975
Dimensions: Height: 25.6 in (65.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 13.8 in (35.0 cm)
Stock No: L2H0099
Location: New York
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1960
Dimensions: Height: 28.0 in (71.0 cm)
Width: 47.2 in (120.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 17.7 in (45.0 cm)
Stock No: F2H0423
Location: New York
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1969
Dimensions: Height: 28.0 in (71.0 cm)
Width: 53.5 in (136.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 17.7 in (45.0 cm)
Stock No: F2H0426
Location: New York
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1970
Dimensions: Height: 27.6 in (70.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 14.2 in (36.0 cm)
Stock No: F2H0434
Location: London
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1975
Dimensions: Height: 12.2 in (31.0 cm)
Width: 47.2 in (120.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 47.2 in (120.0 cm)
Stock No: F2H0435
Location: New York
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1970
Dimensions: Height: 29.9 in (76.0 cm)
Width: 33.5 in (85.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 33.5 in (85.0 cm)
Stock No: F2H0625
Location: New York
Origin: Italy
Circa Date: 1970
Dimensions: Height: 28.0 in (71.0 cm)
Width: 47.2 in (120.0 cm)
Length/Depth: 17.7 in (45.0 cm)
Stock No: F2I0154
Location: London
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