$4,000
Acrylic on Canvas Signed to Back "Nicola Simbari Circa 1985", & signed to front bottom right "Simbari". Sight Image: 31.5" x 39.4" Purchased by consignor directly from the artist. Has Certificate of Authenticity signed by Simbari and Dated October 14, 1993.Though born in San Lucido, Calabria, Nicola Simbari (1927 - 2012) was raised in Rome, where his father was an architect for the Vatican. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and in the 1940s he began devoting himself to painting in a studio at Via del Babuino in central Rome. He began to develop a distinct style stemming from impressions of life, nature, and the Mediterranean, impressions which abstractly reflect themselves in the purely vivid and passionate colors of his work. Simbari's originality and commercial appeal brought his art to exhibitions in London and New York by the 1950s, solidifying his international reputation. Nicola Simbari is considered by many to be Italy's most important artist in recent history. He is a semi-abstract impressionist. Using stunning colors and favoring brilliant tones, He paints with a palette knife and achieves great depth with this technique. Simbari's paintings are full of light and energy. Simbari was born in Calabria, Italy and this beautiful area greatly impacted his Mediterranean paintings: the blues of the ocean and sky, and the bright hues of the flowers. His family moved to Rome when he was young and his father worked there as a Vatican architect. Rome's Read more…
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2015-05-16
