Lucio Ranucci was born in 1925 in Italy. He began painting as a young man while at boarding school at the age of 22. Not long after his father passed away, Ranucci set out for Latin America seeking personal exploration and adventure. What was to be a brief excursion turned into a 16-year stay that involved immersing himself in the cultures of Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia and Costa Rica. There, he worked as a sailor, photographer and hearse driver. This rich life experience illuminates his paintings. In 1959, during his days as a journalist, Ranucci interviewed key political figures such as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. In 1963, he came home to Italy to undergo the trial of European art critics. His return entailed a series of successful exhibitions throughout Italy, Germany, France and England. Filled with a passion for life, Ranucci's paintings show an understanding and compassion for people. His work is a testament to human kind's unchanging rituals. What makes Ranucci's work particularly striking is his combination of rich, vibrant colors with cylindrical forms set against soft curves. The complementary shapes provide a harmony throughout each painting, giving us a warm sense of the people's lives he depicts. Unlike most visual artists, Ranucci is also a writer and a journalist and has worked extensively in the theater. He has written three books, and has had five books published about his work as a painter. He is internationally renowned and collected worldwide, and has been commissioned to paint murals, among them, a panel for the International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica. Today at his advanced age, Ranucci continues his life-long passion for painting.
Three Women, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci 1971
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Three Women Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated upper left Size: 25 x 37 in. (63.5 x 93.98 cm)
Canvas, Oil
Seated Boy, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Seated Boy Year: 1973 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 28 x 30 in. (71.12 x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 35 x 37.5 inches
Oil
“Couple at the beach”
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Warren, NJ
Lucio Ranucci Original Oil Painting On Canvas “Couple By Boat”. In good condition measures 35x32
Oil
Waterbearers, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Waterbearers Year: 1977 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated u.r. Size: 24 in. x 36 in. (60.96 cm x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 32 x 44 i...
Oil
Boy on Carousel, Modern Art Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Boy on Carousel Year: 1969 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated u.l. Image Size: 20 x 12 inches Size: 27 x 20 in. (68.58 x 50...
Watercolor
“Lady on the beach”
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an original oil on canvas painting by Ranucci. It’s in good condition and measures 35x34
Oil
“Lady w/fruit basket”
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an original oil on canvas painting by Ranucci. It’s in good condition and measures 43x31
Oil
$3,500
“Untitled”
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Warren, NJ
Lucio Ranucci Original Oil Painting On Canvas . In good condition measures 34x33
Oil
$3,500
“Untitled”
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Warren, NJ
Lucio Ranucci Original Oil Painting On Canvas . In good condition measures 44x32
Oil
Puppet Show, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Puppet Show Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.l. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame:...
Oil
Rooftops, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Rooftops Year: 1973 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 30 in. x 30 in. (76.2 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 37.5 x 37.5 inches
Oil
Les Chevause de Bois, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Les Chevause de Bois Year: 1972 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 28 x 30 in. (71.12 x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 35.5 x 37.5 in...
Oil
Birdwatcher, Surrealist Gouache on Paper by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Birdwatcher Year: 1969 Medium: Gouache, signed and dated l.l. Image Size: 15 x 20 inches Size: 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.58 cm)
Gouache
Trumpeter, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Trumpeter Year: 1974 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.l. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame: 27 x 39 inches
Oil
Pranzo, Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Pranzo Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 30 in. x 32 in. (76.2 cm x 81.28 cm) Frame Size: 40 x 41 inches
Oil
Fisherman, Watercolor by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Fisherman Year: 1982 Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed and dated l.r. Image Size: 15.5 x 19 inches Size: 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66.04 cm)
Watercolor
Three Boys, Modern Gouache Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Three Boys Year: 1969 Medium: Gouache, signed and dated Image Size: 19 x 11.5 inches Frame Size: 29.5 x 22 inches
Gouache
Basketball Player
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Basketball Player Gouache on card stock, c. 1940 Signed by the artist in ink lower center A study for the fresco mural in the Social Security Buildin...
Gouache
$3,950
H 20 in W 18 in D 2 in
"Georgia Moonshiner, c. 1935" by Athos Menaboni (1895-1990) American WPA Era Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
A fantastic WPA-era painting of a Georgia moonshiner by famed Italian-American artist Athos Menaboni (1895-1990). This work depicts an older man sporting a brown hat, brown jacket, ...
Masonite, Oil
$600Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 26 in D 2 in
Signed Antique African Modernist Figural Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exceptionally well painted African landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 22L x 26H.
Canvas, Oil
Jockeys at the Rail
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s an instant in a competitive horse race—whether it’s at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga or Belmont—of the utmost ferocity. That’s when the riders are jamm...
Canvas, Oil
Birds in Flight
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern Chinese watercolor painting depicting birds soaring under a red sun.
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor
$8,556Sale Price|25% Off
H 51.19 in W 33.47 in D 1.19 in
Venice Landscape Italian Oil on Canvas Painting in Gilt Wood Frame, Belle Epoque
Located in Firenze, IT
This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,450Sale Price|40% Off
H 24.75 in W 30.5 in D 1.75 in
Framed Watercolor Portrait of Two Women – Figurative Exterior Scene Art
By Lloyd Moylan
Located in Denver, CO
This vibrant modernist watercolor on paper by Lloyd Moylan features a captivating portrait of two women seated in an outdoor landscape. Richly painted in a harmonious palette of pink...
Watercolor
$6,500
H 32 in W 32 in D 2.75 in
"The Champ, 1942" Joe Louis "Brown Bomber" Boxer Portrait Ex-Museum Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“The Champ, 1942” by Theodore Fried (1902-1980) This important portrait by Hungarian-American artist Theodore Fried depicts the legendary boxer Joe Louis aka “The Brown Bomber” and ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,489Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 24 in D 3.5 in
Follower of Roderic O'Connor, Female nude in an interior, large oil painting
By Roderic O'Conor
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very striking and stylishly painted oil of a shapely nude reclining on a draped sofa, dating from the early to mid 20th century . This large scale oil is presented in an attractive...
Canvas, Oil
Men portrait
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Jean François Marie Bellier (Paris 1745 – Paris 1836) Portrait of a Man Oil on oval canvas laid flat H. 45 cm; W. 55 cm Signed on the left Circa 1790 Jean François Marie Bellier occ...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Mexican Red Head" Multicolor Amazon Parrot
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Mexican Red Head" Multicolor Amazon Parrot A single bird gestured in yellow, red and green on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 13 x...
Oil, Panel
$4,276
H 19.1 in W 27.17 in
'The Dolomites at Santa Cristina' oil on board by Carlo Pollonera
Located in London, GB
Carlo Pollonera (1849-1923) 'Dolomites at Santa Cristina' Oil on cardboard 48.5 x 69 cm Signed and dated lower left 1921 1920's landscape painting of the Dolomite Mountains in It...
Oil, Board
Sold
H 24 in W 36 in D 1 in
Three Figures (Italian peasant women abstract cubist painting)
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful figural abstract painting by Italian artist, Lucio Ranucci (b.1925). Three Figures, 1973. Oil on canvas, measures 24 x 36 inches; 26 x 38 inches framed. Signed and dated up...
Oil
Ladder, Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci 1971
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Ladder Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.l. Size: 30 x 32 inches Frame Size: 31.5 x 33.5 in. (80.01 x 85.09 cm)
Canvas, Oil
Behind the Curtain
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LUCIO RANUCCI "BEHIND THE DRAPE" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED ITALIAN, LIVED IN FRANCE, DATED 1973 36 X 24 INCHES Lucio Ranucci was born in 1925 in Italy. He began painting at the age...
Canvas, Oil
Birdcage, Surrealist Oil Painting by Lucio Ranucci
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Birdcage Year: 1977 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 in. x 30 in. (76.2 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame S...
Oil
Fin d'Une Ete Trop Coutre
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Fin d'Une Ete Trop Coutre Year: 2009 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed and dated l.l. Size: 24 x 19.5 in. (60.96 x 49.53 cm) Frame ...
Oil
Le Guitariste
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio Ranucci, Italian (1925 - ) Title: Le Guitariste Year: 1970 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed and dated u.l. Size: 36 x 24 inches Frame: 39 x 27 inches
Oil