Nicola Simbari, Untitled, Circa 1980

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This artwork "Untitled" c. 1980 is an original colors lithograph by noted artist Nicola Simbari, 1927-2012. Itis hand signed in … Read more This artwork "Untitled" c. 1980 is an original colors lithograph by noted artist Nicola Simbari, 1927-2012. Itis hand signed in pencil by the artist. The image size is 11 x 11 inches, framed is 17.25 x 17 inches. Custom framed in a metal gold frame. It is in very good condition.

About the artist:

Nicola Simbari is a painter of semi-abstract impressionist works. He is a colorist who favors brilliant tones, richly layered with a palette knife.
Born in Calabria, Italy, in 1927, Simbari was greatly impacted by the natural setting of his Mediterranean world: the wide sea, intense sky, and vivid flowers. As a young child, he moved with his family to Rome where his father worked as an architect to the Vatican. Before his 13th birthday, he decided to study art and enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. At 22, he opened his first studio in Rome. Influenced by the sights and sounds of his childhood, Simbari's early works featured gypsies, cafe settings, fishing villages, and rustic scenes of the Italian countryside.
The youthful artist knew success early, and within months of a one-man show in London, he was awarded the commission to paint murals for the Italian Pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels. His show "Le Cirque," for many, reproduced the same excitement on canvas as can be felt at an electrifying circus performance.
Collections include the Bank of Tokyo, Paris; Christian Dior Collection, Paris; Italian State Railways, Rome; Liberty Company, London; Bank of Commerce, Tulsa; Cincinnati Fine Arts Department, Cincinnati; Exxon Corporation, New York; General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis; Pepsico, New York.Nicola Simbari died in 2012. See less