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Edo PratiniReading a Letter by the Dinner Table - Figurative in Oil on Canvaslate 20th Century
late 20th Century
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Reading a Letter by the Dinner Table - Figurative in Oil on Canvas
Soft and detailed scene of a child by the table by Edo Pratini (American, 20th Century). The child is standing by the window, holding a sheet of paper. The table is set with full dinnerware, including a pitcher of water and a bottle of wine. Out the window, there are lush green trees.
Signed in the lower right corner "Edo Pratini"
Presented in a gold colored frame with a linen liner.
Frame size: 34.75"H x 28.75"W
Canvas size: 30"H x 24"W
Edo Pratini (20th Century) is a California artist born to Italian parents who emigrated in the early 1900s. He lived in Fresno, California in the 1950s with his wife Shi, who was also an artist. Later, he moved to San Francisco, where he had a studio on Fillmore Street. He was a member of the San Francisco Art Cooperative and the Artist’s League of Fresno.
Edo Pratini had an idyllic boyhood in the Santa Clara Valley, now known as Silicon Valley. His art career started in junior-high school when an art teacher discovered his innate talent and persuaded his family to contact Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, then California's premier art school. At 15, in a summer session, Edo became the youngest student ever enrolled in the school's history. Chouinard is now part of the Claremont Colleges.
Edo enlisted in the Army during WWII and this service was invaluable. It qualified him for advanced education under what was known as the GI Bill. It not only paid for re-entry to Chouinard -- where he taught briefly as an instructor following graduation -- but also for two year's post-graduate study in Europe: first in Rome at the Academia de Belli Arte and the Museo Artistico, then at Stockholm's prestigious Konstfackskolan.
Following return to the Bay Area., Edo exhibited at venues including: the Maxwell Gallery and Conacher Gallery in San Francisco, the Galerie de Tours in San Francisco and Carmel, and the Braverman Gallery in New York. He was also an active member of the S.F. Artists Cooperative and its Gallery Director for a few years. After a permanent move to the North Bay, he became an exhibitor, juror, and Board member at the Marin Society of Artists in Ross.
During the 1990s he produced a series of lectures, presented at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael, the Central Coast Art Association in Cannel, the Marin Society of Artists, and the Tam Valley Community Center, among other venues. For many years he also taught students privately as well as at the Concordia-Argonaut Club in San Francisco.
He is represented in the permanent Achenbach Collection of the San Francisco and has more than 500 paintings in collections throughout the U.S. and in Europe.
Selected Shows, Exhibitions, and Awards:
1978 - Livingston Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1969 - Artist’s Cooperative Gallery, Redwood City, CA
1964 - Artist’s Cooperative of Fresno, Fresno, CA
1954 - Winner, Membership Show (Artist’s League of Fresno), Fresno, CA
1954 - Artist’s League of Fresno, TW Patterson Bldg, Fresno, CA
1953 - Fresno State College, Fresno, CA
1953 - Second Place, 13th Semi-Annual San Joaquin Valley Competition, Fresno, CA
- Creator:Edo Pratini (American)
- Creation Year:late 20th Century
- Dimensions:Height: 34.75 in (88.27 cm)Width: 28.75 in (73.03 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition. Frame is used an may show minor signs of wear.
- Gallery Location:Soquel, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: DBH9403*1stDibs: LU54214911882
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