James Rizzi (American 1950-2011) "Café in Paris" 3-D Colored Serigraph. Signed Rizzi lower left. Measures – 14" high x 10" wide, total – 24 3/4" high x 21 1/2" wide. Artist Proof. Dated 1989. The legendary pop art artist, James Rizzi is from Brooklyn New York. He studied arts at the University of Florida, Gainesville until 1974. Directly after his studies he had the chance to present his art work in the Brooklyn Museum. In December 2011 he passed away in his apartment in SoHo. During the years he developed a distinct characteristic style. He created step by step his own colorful world, full of happy pictures, which spray a vision of happy lifetime and joy. Rizzi lived and worked until with death in December 26th in his atelier in a New York loft in the district SoHo.