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.
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
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
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
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
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: 30 x 30 in. (71.12 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
$3,500
“Untitled”
By Lucio Ranucci
Located in Warren, NJ
Lucio Ranucci Original Oil Painting On Canvas . In good condition measures 34x33
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
$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
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
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
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
$7,500
H 12.13 in W 8 in
Basketball Player Gouache on Card Stock, American Modern, Circa 1940
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
$3,500
H 18 in W 15 in D 1 in
“Mascara (Mask)" 2000 by Justino Alves Portuguese Contemporary Abstract Portrait
By Justino Alves
Located in Yardley, PA
About this work: “Mascara (Mask)" 2000 by Justino Alves (Portuguese, 1940-2015). A magnetic work by one of Portugal’s most distinguished postwar painters. This painting has all of t...
Canvas, Oil
$795
H 15 in W 30 in D 2 in
Mid Century Modern Dancers Oil Painting; Listed Artist Albert Michini, ca 1970’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
If you have an association with dance, yoga or working out, this unusual modernist painting might be an interesting addition to your space. Artist Albert Michini used several models ...
Oil
$11,138
H 55.12 in W 70.87 in D 1.19 in
The Touch - Large Format Oil Painting, Modern Figurative Beach Landscape
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Hallein, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Canvas, Oil
$8,800
H 18.5 in W 16.5 in
Henry Gasser American Scene Realism Regionalism Mid-20th Century Modern WPA 40s
Located in New York, NY
Henry Gasser American Scene Realism Regionalism Mid-20th Century Modern WPA 1940s Henry Martin Gasser (1909-1981) "Hilltop Houses" Watercolor on paper, c. 1940s Sight size 10 1/2 x...
Paper, Watercolor
$7,500
H 31.5 in W 37.5 in D 1.5 in
“Six Figures, c. 1965-70” by Sakti Burman (b. 1935) Indian Folklore Watercolor
By Sakti Burman
Located in Yardley, PA
“Six Figures, c. 1965-70” by Sakti Burman (b. 1935). A wonderful example of Burman’s distinctive fusion of Indian folkloric imagery with European surrealist and fantastical sensibil...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$13,500
H 40.5 in W 50.5 in D 3 in
“Washington Square Park, 1938” NYC Social Realism Female American Artist Oil
By Dorothy Eisner
Located in Yardley, PA
An exceptional, large, early work by American artist Dorothy Eisner (1906-1984). This painting was recently exhibited at Gracie Mansion in 2019 as part of “She Persists” - a show de...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
Landscape with Artist. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
By William Schwartz
Located in Marco Island, FL
Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz, painted this dynamic landscape of an artist painting en plein air. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly after emigrating to the Un...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$78,000
H 51 in W 33 in D 2 in
Summer Resort in Michigan -Modernist Mid-Century Saugatuck Oil Painting
By William Schwartz
Located in Marco Island, FL
Summer Resort in Michigan is an exceptional work painted by the Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly ...
Canvas, Oil
$600
H 16 in W 16 in D 1 in
Bluebird of Innocence Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, American Modern
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
a reworking of a quieter image with the same child, but children aren't quiet and this needed more vitality, so I added more birds and flowers, anemones. I wanted to evoke an idyllic...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$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
$1,650
H 18 in W 36 in D 2 in
Stylish Hawaiian Luau Oil Painting by Listed artist Mario Larrinaga (1895-1979)
Located in Baltimore, MD
Mario Larrinaga was born in Baja California in 1895 and moved with his brother to Los Angeles in 1909. He had no formal training in art, but had natural talent that was noticed by local movie studios. He was hired by Universal Studios as a designer, art director and creator of background scenes. He produced some of the background effects for King Kong in 1933. After a career in set design and illustration he focused on painting for pleasure in California, Mexico and Hawaii. He belonged to local art clubs and exhibited his works often. This stylized modernist work was likely created around 1960. It is oil on wood panel and of a horizontal format, 18” x 36”. It portrays a procession of seemingly Hawaiian natives...
Oil
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
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