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Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe
Dinner Time Figurative Abstract

1994

$12,000
£9,214.85
€10,570.88
CA$16,861.41
A$18,883.71
CHF 9,853.21
MX$230,656.44
NOK 125,361.53
SEK 118,168.26
DKK 78,889.19

About the Item

This interesting and fabulous color palette work is classic Della-Volpe. Known as a "Colorist" and for his figurative works that convey just the right amount of information! Often they are sprinkled with patterning, light and shadow approach to mapping out the work and simplified forms. However his figurative works always convey a sense of family and character. This work is set off in a rich wood frame with a dark stain. The canvas size inside the frame is 28 x 34 inches. Constantly transforming what is on the canvas, the artist is never sure himself of the final composition of each work until completion because, as he says, "Everything I paint is based on my own feelings about life, my own insights, my own observations and my own needs for expression." Della-Volpe first studied painting at the National Academy of Design before joining the Army during World War II. As a soldier, the artist saw action on Utah Beach, and his experiences undoubtedly affected his later artistic style. Tom Wolf, of Bard College, explained that the paintings Della-Volpe produced after his return from service in World War II “project feelings of melancholy.” expressed in the tense expressions in the figures’ faces. The “coloristic exuberance” found in the works beginning in the mid 1960’s, with their vibrant fuscias and yellows, seem to offset what could be an otherwise solemn tone to many of his works at the time. Upon his return from military service, Della-Volpe took a teaching position as the first artist-in-residence at Bennett College in Millbrook, New York where he remained for 28 years, serving as chairman of the Art Department for most of that time. Obviously influenced by impressionism's preoccupation with the treatment of light, Volpe's own works have a "faultless tonal quality, with its sense of failing light - the areas of silvery gray deepening into rosy tans". The simplified scenes and portraits express the artist's love of open space and his aim to evoke emotion through each piece rather than recognition of what exactly is painted on the canvas. Della-Volpe has exhibited widely throughout his career and has lectured on art at colleges, universities, and galleries across the country.
  • Creator:
    Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe (1923, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1994
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Width: 40.5 in (102.87 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Lovely condition and ready to hang!
  • Gallery Location:
    Greenwich, CT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 153811stDibs: LU1413210568792

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