Gilberto Filibeck, Bullfighter with a Bull in a Bullfight, 20th Century, Oil on Canvas

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Large oil painting on canvas depicting a bullfighter with a bull in a bullfight, with a gold frame, … Read more Item description:
Large oil painting on canvas depicting a bullfighter with a bull in a bullfight, with a gold frame, signed in red by the artist both on the canvas, lower left, and on the back, where the title of the work is also written, unfortunately not very legible. Created in the first half of the 20th century by Roman painter Gilberto Filibeck with post-impressionist and expressionist elements.

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Just to give an idea of the value of this artist's works, a quick internet search shows that Gilberto Filibeck, despite being a contemporary painter and far from the spotlight, boasts numerous auction results, with the four highest results we found ranging from €190 to €700, plus auction fees of 25-30%. We also found two nudes that went up for auction and were estimated at €400-600 as a starting price, to which auction fees must always be added. Bear in mind that we are talking about a contemporary painter, which is why the works do not yet have particularly high estimates, but the fact that he boasts numerous quotations certainly indicates that we are talking about an important painter, whose works will undoubtedly increase in value over time.

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Born in Rome, in the historic center of the capital, he lives and works there. After graduating from the International Academy in Via Margutta, he attended Aldo Bandinelli's studio.
In 1957, he exhibited for the first time at Giuseppe Siortino's "Il Vantaggio" gallery in Rome. He subsequently exhibited in Milan, Florence, Assisi, Palermo, Bologna, Perugia, Bari, Belluno, Lugano, and many other Italian and foreign cities. Critics eagerly took note of him, and artists such as Lucio Fontana, Renato Guttuso, Carlo Levi, Giovanni Omiccioli, and Mino Maccari purchased some of his most representative works.
Critical notes:

"That Filibeck's pictorial culture, which is very broad and in some works even refined, contains expressionist teachings, which can be traced back to certain pre-Orsini Germans and certain pre-Prespionian maudits, seems obvious to me, and therefore not decisive. There is undoubtedly, in this painter, still young and full of energy, an original personality who, having assimilated many lessons, has transformed them into his own style." Ugo Moretti.

"\. Filibeck has now greatly refined his post-impressionist palette, alarmed by expressionist values, investigating today's society with the social spirit of his moral ancestors." Marcello Venturoli.

"\. Filibeck's dramatic temperament, his almost hallucinatory canvases, the violent passion of his characters painted with the experience not of a young man, but of a consummate artist who lives every hour of every day of his hard, green season." Giovanni Omiccioli.

"\. Filibeck, or ambiguity, or rather, the poetry of ambiguity and therefore mystery; this, precisely, seems to me to be the "hallmark" that sets our author apart from convention." Giacomo Porzano.

"Years ago, Filibeck caught our attention with his world immersed in the shadows of drama, like the motionless bottom of a swamp: landscapes and people without light, without escape, without hope. This meant that, even at the outset, the artist declared his expressionistic inclinations, which he would then cultivate, animate, and enrich with warmth, as can be seen in his latest work." Domenico Purificato.


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