$4,250
Nicola Simbari (Italian, 1927 -2012). Nicola Simbari acrylic on canvas "Ida", depicting a woman against a watery backdrop; signed to lower right, features a brass tag to bottom middle of canvas border that reads "Ida Nicola Simbari", and marked to back "Ida Oil on Canvas Nicola Simbari"; was purchased by consignor directly from the artist; includes Certificate of Authenticity signed by Simbari and dated October 14, 1993; measures approximately 37-3/4" x 37-1/2" with gilded frame and has a sight image of approximately 31" x 31"; in Very Good condition.Though born in San Lucido, Calabria, Nicola Simbari was raised in Rome, where his father was an architect for the Vatican. Rome's art masterpieces so impressed Simbari that, by age 13, he decided to study art and enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. 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. He saw success almost immediately, and shortly after a one-man show in London, he was commissioned to paint murals for the Italian Pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels. His show "Le Cirque," reflected th Read more…
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-02-20
