1967
Italian painter Nicola Simbari used vivid color to convey the beauty and richness of life. His figurative paintings and drawings were often set in serene Mediterranean landscapes, giving them a romantic quality. Simbari had a distinctive contemporary and expressionist style characterized by broad strokes of saturated pastels, creating scenes that seemed to be soaked in sunlight.
Simbari was born in 1927 in Calabria, Italy, a region known for its stunning sea vistas. When he was three years old, his family moved to Rome, where his father worked as an architect at the Vatican. Surrounded and enthralled by the city’s cultural masterpieces, Simbari decided to pursue art. He studied painting and architecture at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and opened his studio when he was 22 years old.
In 1953, Simbari held his first solo show in Rome and won a best stage design award for the musical Tarantella Napoletana. In 1958, he had a solo show in London and a mural commission for the Italian Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair.
Simbari never stopped growing as an artist. He experimented with many styles throughout his career and constantly pursued new colors to expand his range as a painter. When he died in 2012, Simbari was considered one of Italy’s greatest living artists.
Today, Simbari’s work is held in both private and public collections across the globe, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Liberty Company, the Christian Dior Collection, the Bank of Tokyo, the University of Cincinnati Fine Arts Department, the Exxon Corporation and the Tulsa Bank of Commerce.
Simbari’s paintings continue to resonate with viewers. In 2021, Findlay Galleries in Palm Beach, Florida, presented “Mediterraneo,” an exhibition of his landscapes and figurative works.
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Expressionist Oil Painting of Young Woman By The Sea Cost, 1970s
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Young Woman By The Sea Cost Artist signed lower right, canvas 35hx39w Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Walking By The Sea
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Walking By The Sea. Artist signed lower right corner, canvas size (31 1/2 x 39 1/4in). Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. 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. Simbari's early exposure to the architectural world had a lasting impression on his art, as he incorporated geometric forms and architectural structures into almost all of his paintings. He began to develop a distinct style stemming from impressions of life, nature, and the Mediterranean...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
A Walk in the Garden Impressionist Oil Painting
By Sotiris Corzo
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
A Walk in The Garden canvas 36x36 framed 45x45x1.5 signed in the lower-left corner. Sotiris was born in Athens, Greece in 1936. He traveled extensively in Europe studying and re...
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Summer Bouquet View From The Balcony, Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
View From the Balcony With Summer Bouquet Oil on canvas singed lower right corner, canvas 36x28"5, framed 48x39x2. Yolande Ardissone (born June 6, 1927) is a French painter. Born in ...
Canvas, Oil
September To Remember II Large Abstract Painting
By Sergio Moyano
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
September To Remember II Artist signed and titled. Large bright and vibrant abstract expressionist. Sergio was born in Cordoba, Argentina, in 1934. He studied at National School of Fine Arts, the National Academy, and the Superior School of Art in Buenos Aires. In the late 1950's he began to collaborate with a group of contemporary Argentinean artist interested in Op art. The group moved to Paris and Sergio was able to rejoin them with students support from the French government. Aware of the creative differences amongst the group, in 1960, he moved To Munich where he received a grant from the German government to study etching in the House der Kunst. In 1962 he returned to Paris continuing to create paintings, etchings and woodblocks. A lifetime of spiritual and cultural influences is reflected in Moyano's work, which in turn mirrors...
Canvas, Oil
View From The Balcony
By Jehudith Sobel
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
View From The Balcony Signed lower right canvas 24x36 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Ar...
Canvas, Oil
Staircase in Tinos, Greece - Modern Oil Painting, Framed, 1980s
By Jean Jacques Boimond
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Gray wooden frame 49.5 x 39 x 2.5 cm
Oil
"Stairs in the Garden" Impressionist Architectural Scene
By David Gamero
Located in Austin, TX
This impressionist painting by David Gamero depicts beautiful stone stairway bathed in sunlight and surrounded by lush greenery. 45.5" x 35" Oil on Canvas Framed Size: 50.25" x 39.75"
Canvas, Oil
"Cala Di Volpe Stairway" Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed Gadziela
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vibrant rendition of the unique stairwell of the iconic Hotel Cala di Volpe. The stairwell is a famous element of the hotel, designed by architect Jacque...
Canvas
St. Paul de Vence, Large Impressionist painting by Dimitrie Berea 1957
By Dimitrie Berea
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dimitrie Berea, Romanian (1908 - 1975) Title: St. Paul de Vence Year: 1957 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 29 in. x 39 in. (73.66 cm x 99.06 cm) Frame Size: 41 x 47 ...
Oil
Houses by the Sea in Chianalea - Oil Paint by Pino Romanò - 1990s
By Pino Romanò
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. Very good condition.
Canvas, Oil
1960's Dramatic Provencal Colorful Landscape French Modernist Oil Painting
By Michel Kritz
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Landscape by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 32 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condi...
Canvas, Oil
