Italian painter Nicola Simbari used vivid color to convey the beauty and richness of life. His figurative paintings and drawings were often set in serene Mediterranean landscapes, giving them a romantic quality. Simbari had a distinctive contemporary and expressionist style characterized by broad strokes of saturated pastels, creating scenes that seemed to be soaked in sunlight.
Simbari was born in 1927 in Calabria, Italy, a region known for its stunning sea vistas. When he was three years old, his family moved to Rome, where his father worked as an architect at the Vatican. Surrounded and enthralled by the city’s cultural masterpieces, Simbari decided to pursue art. He studied painting and architecture at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and opened his studio when he was 22 years old.
In 1953, Simbari held his first solo show in Rome and won a best stage design award for the musical Tarantella Napoletana. In 1958, he had a solo show in London and a mural commission for the Italian Pavilion at the Brussels World’s Fair.
Simbari never stopped growing as an artist. He experimented with many styles throughout his career and constantly pursued new colors to expand his range as a painter. When he died in 2012, Simbari was considered one of Italy’s greatest living artists.
Today, Simbari’s work is held in both private and public collections across the globe, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Liberty Company, the Christian Dior Collection, the Bank of Tokyo, the University of Cincinnati Fine Arts Department, the Exxon Corporation and the Tulsa Bank of Commerce.
Simbari’s paintings continue to resonate with viewers. In 2021, Findlay Galleries in Palm Beach, Florida, presented “Mediterraneo,” an exhibition of his landscapes and figurative works.
On 1stDibs, find Nicola Simbari prints, paintings, watercolors and more.
Landscape on Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
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Pink Nude - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and numbered. Edition of 99.
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Landscape on Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
Red Landscape - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Red Landscape is a delightful serigraph depicting a calm landscape scene in red and purple colors. It was realized by the talented contemporary artist Nicola Simbari in 1976. The sc...
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Woman in Pink - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and numbered. Edition of 90. Very good condition.
Screen
Rounded Nude in Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and numbered. Edition of 90 pieces. Very light traces of humidity on corner top left.
Screen
Pink Nude - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Pink Nude is a screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated in pencil, lower right margin (Simbari 76) and numbered lower left. Edition of 90 prints. Perfe...
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Crazy Horse No.1 - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Crazy horse no.1 is a screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated in pencil on lower right margin (Simbari 76) and numbered on lower left margin. Edition ...
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Crazy Horse No.7 - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Crazy Horse No.7 - Front View of Nude Female is a screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin (Simbari 76) and number...
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Crazy Horse no.3 - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
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Polly - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
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Polly_1 - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
Moony - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Moony is a screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. Published in the catalogue: "Crazy Horse", Salon Vue par ...
Screen
Subject n. 7 - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and numbered. Edition of 90 pieces. Very good condition.
Screen
Tosca - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
Rounded Nude in Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 90 pieces.
Screen
Nude Lying Model - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized in 1976 by Nicolas Simbari. Hand Signed. Edition of 99 pieces.
Screen
Pink Nude - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Pink Nude is a screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 50. The artwork represents ...
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Nude on Pink - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
On the Beach - Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1977
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
On the beach is a lithograph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1977. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered . Edition 69/100. The artwork represents a beach with an abstract mult...
Lithograph
Woman in Yellow - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1970s
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in Yellow is an original serigraph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. The artwork represents a female nude in profile with an abstract multicolour composition. There are colo...
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Woman - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1970s
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman i is a screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered .Edition 11/90. The artwork represents a female nude in profile with an abs...
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Horse- Standby - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1970s
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered .Edition 11/90. The artwork represents a female nude in profile with an abstract multico...
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Woman on Violet - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
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Nude - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
Nude on Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
Polly - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
Nude on Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
Polly - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
Screen
"Clown a l’ombrelle"
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an 1979 Nicola Simbari Clown a l’ombrelle Serigraph Woman. In good condition measures 39x35
Lithograph
Violet Landscape - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicolas Simbari in 1976. Hand Signed. Edition of 99 pieces. Excellent condition.
Screen
Woman in Pink - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces.
Screen
Nude Lying Model - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized in 1976 by Nicolas Simbari. Hand Signed. Edition of 99 pieces.
Screen
Astura
By Nicola Simbari
Located in New York, NY
This original SERIGRAPH is in excellent condition, frame with a mat and a second bevel mat. A serigraph is not flat as a lithograph, instead it has texture (appears to be like an oi...
Lithograph
Two Models - Original Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 99 prints, numbered and hand signed. Excellent condition.
Lithograph
Woman in Pink - Original Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 90 prints, numbered and hand signed. Excellent condition.
Lithograph
Nude Lying Model - Original Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 90 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Screen
Red/Violet Landscape - Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 90 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Lithograph
On the beach - Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1977
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
On the beach is an original lithograph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1977. Hand-signed on the lower right. Edition of 100 prints. The artwork represents a beach with an abstract m...
Lithograph
On the Beach - Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1977
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
On the beach is an original lithograph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1977. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered . Edition 69/100. The artwork represents a beach with an abstra...
Lithograph
Woman - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1975
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1975. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered . Edition 89/90. The artwork represents a female nude in profile wit...
Screen
Woman - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman i is an original screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered .Edition 11/90. The artwork represents a female nude in profile wi...
Screen
Crazy Horse - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Crazy Horse is an original print realized in about 1976 by Nicola Simbari . Original screen print on paper. Very good condition. Signed on the lower right. Numbered on the lower...
Screen
Subject n. 7 - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces. Very good conditions.
Screen
Rounded Nude in Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 prints. Very good conditions.
Screen
Woman in Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces. Very good conditions.
Screen
Woman in Yellow - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Numbered and hand Signed. Edition of 99 prints. Very good conditions.
Screen
Pink Nude - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Numbered and hand Signed. Edition of 99 prints. Very good conditions.
Screen
Nude Lying Model - Original Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 99 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Screen
Woman in Pink - Original Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 90 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Lithograph
Model on Fuchsia - Original Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 90 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Lithograph
Two Models - Original Lithograph by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 99 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Lithograph
Violet Landscape
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Original serigraph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 90 prints. Perfect ...
Screen
Woman in Yellow
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in Yellow is an original serigraph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right (Simbari 76). Edition of 90 prints. The artwork represents a female nude with a background of abstract composition. There are colored boxes and black vertical lines. Nicola Simbari (San...
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Woman in Yellow - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in Yellow is an original serigraph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. The artwork represents a female nude in profile with an abstract multicolour composition. There are colored boxes with black vertical lines and a purple background. Nicola Simbari (San Lucido...
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Nicola Simbari Carriage Original Oil Painting on Canvas Signed 1967
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Nicola Simbari Title: Untitled (Carriage) Medium: Original Oil on Canvas Canvas Size: 21.5" x 32" Frame Size: 28" x 39" Inscription: Signed and dated on front lower right Yea...
Canvas, Oil
Sylvie
By Nicola Simbari
Located in New York, NY
Enclosed is a rare etching of the famous image of "Sylvie" with either she was a model or a lover. Nicola was a Lady's man and loved woman who are his major theme. Sylvie, was origin...
Etching
$1,200
VERA
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork appears to be in excellent condition. Artwork has not been examined outside the matting. Matted size: approx. 37 x...
Paper, Screen
NANETTE
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork appears to be in excellent condition. Artwork has not been examined outside the matting. Image size: 27 x 39 in. M...
Paper, Screen
UNTITLED (NUDE)
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze sculpture. Incised signature by the artist and numbered. Artwork is in excellent condition. Edition of 10. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be ...
Bronze