John Ratner, Insect, Oil Painting on Paper, 20th Century

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Including frame: height: 45 cm; width: 35.5 cm; depth: 2 cm; weight: 1.430 kg
excluding frame: height: 20 cm; width: … Read more Including frame: height: 45 cm; width: 35.5 cm; depth: 2 cm; weight: 1.430 kg
excluding frame: height: 20 cm; width: 30 cm

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beautiful oil painting on paper depicting a worm, presumably a processionary caterpillar, by john ratner, an important californian artist who moved to italy in 1958 and still lives and works in rome. The painting has a beautiful contemporary frame and dates back to the second half of the 20th century. The processionary caterpillar is a moth larva covered with stinging hairs that lives on pine trees and other conifers, causing damage to plants and skin and allergic reactions in people and animals.

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john ratner was born in berkeley, california, in 1934 and has been living and working in rome for over 40 years. As he himself says, "when i came to italy, it was to stay for two or three years, but then i thought, 'if it's good here, why change? i had the opportunity to paint, to do my work, i had no reason to change. Frankly, i love italy, but if i had the opportunity to go to new york or paris, i would go. I am free." the artist arrived in italy in 1958 and immediately began working with the transavantgarde group, founded by achille bonito oliva, which presented its latest exhibition, "metamorphosis," as a "personal" exhibition, as the painter himself says. John ratner has exhibited in various group shows and has held solo exhibitions in roman galleries, achieving great success with the private market; many of his works are part of elite collections. In rome, among other places, it is possible to see his works in stages: in fact, the american artist created "la stanza del maestro ratner" (master ratner's room) inside the famous restaurant in piazza del popolo, "il bolognese"; climbing up the pincio hill, there is another canvas in the hotel hassler and finally, outside the city, a fresco with a sacred theme for the church of the odescalchi in palo laziale.


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