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Anthony HerbertItalian Piazza with Colourful Buildings and Outdoor Café Continental Street
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Title: Italian Piazza with Colourful Buildings and Outdoor Café Continental Street
By Tony Herbert (1927-2024)
Signed: Bottom right corner
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 10.25 inches (height) x 13.5 inches (width)
Condition: good, will some signs on wear consistent with aging
Provenance: From a large private collection of this artists work, Oxford, England
Description: This joyful and sunlit watercolour by Tony Herbert (1927–2024) captures the relaxed charm of an Italian piazza, bustling with figures seated at an outdoor café beneath crisp white umbrellas. Framed by tall shuttered buildings painted in warm shades of ochre, red, and terracotta, the composition evokes the timeless atmosphere of small-town life in Tuscany or the Italian Riviera.
The scene likely depicts a Ligurian or Tuscan square, with the café terrace dominating the central space and figures gathered at leisure for lunch or coffee. A pair of passers-by stroll in from the left, while the flower-filled balcony on the right provides a framing accent in bloom. Shadows cast across the cobbled ground hint at early afternoon light, and Herbert’s signature washes of soft colour and negative space allow the composition to feel open, fluid, and full of movement.
Herbert's sensitivity to light and architecture is on full display here. His confident brushwork and control of tone bring clarity and warmth to the built environment without losing the spontaneity of the moment. The scene captures not just a place, but a mood — a relaxed sociability unique to southern Europe.
Ideal for collectors of signed continental street scenes, Italian village squares, or 20th-century British watercolourists with a modern, painterly edge, this piece is both cheerful and sophisticated.
- Creator:Anthony Herbert
- Dimensions:Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509316696072
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