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.
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Ischia
By Nicola Simbari
Located in New York, NY
We received 5 tapestries from a dealers collection who retired from business and been stored properly, currently 4. There in no fading or damage to each and ready to hang condition....
Tapestry
$150
H 26 in W 71 in
Kubrick Ballroom Scarf : Fashionable Cashmere/Modal blend Scarf
Located in New York, NY
Claudia Doring-Baez, "Kubrick Ballroom Scarf", 2021, Cashmere/Modal blend, 26 x 71 in. Beautiful scarves created by artist Claudia Doring-Baez with her paintings printed on high qua...
Fabric, Wool
$5,000
H 82.68 in W 102.37 in D 0.79 in
«Celebration» Large Hand-Tufted Tapestry by Julia Kiryanova
By Julia Kiryanova
Located in Oslo, NO
For Julia Kiryanova, her artwork is a dialogue – a dialogue which she beautifully facilitates, layering her work with various techniques. At the heart of much of her work an inherent fascination for people lies, intimately displaying abandoned figures seemingly floating in an abstract dream world, where time has stopped everything, but them. Julia Kiryanova has exhibited work at Amsterdam museum, Museum Op Solder and The Holocaust Museum...
Wool, Cotton, Yarn
Who Knows One (Passover), Large Tapestry Rug by Shlomo Katz
By Shlomo Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: after Shlomo Katz, Polish/Israeli (1937 - 1992) Title: Who Knows One (Passover) Year: 2000 Medium: Woolen Carpet Tapestry, signature in the cache Size: 120 x 95 in. (304.8 x ...
Tapestry, Wool
$879
H 8.67 in W 5.52 in D 0.4 in
1001 Afternoons in New York - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1941
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
1001 Afternoons in New York is an original modern rare book written by Ben Hecht (New York,1894 – New York, 1964) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 18...
Paper, Offset
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$10,000
H 10.5 in W 8 in D 1.25 in
Book: Francis Bacon von [with] John Russell (hand signed and inscribed twice)
By Francis Bacon
Located in New York, NY
Highly collectible and coveted item: Francis Bacon von [with] John Russell (Monograph, hand signed and inscribed twice by Francis Bacon), 1972 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (ha...
Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$120Sale Price|20% Off
H 26 in W 71 in
Brassaï Apris Kiki and her Friends : Cashmere/Modal blend Scarf
Located in New York, NY
Claudia Doring-Baez, Brassaï Apris Kiki and her Friends Scarf, 2020, Cashmere/Modal blend, 26 x 71 in. Beautiful scarves created by artist Claudia Doring-Baez with her paintings pri...
Fabric
$120Sale Price|20% Off
H 26 in W 71 in
Brassaï Little White Dog Montmarte : Cashmere/Modal blend Scarf
Located in New York, NY
Claudia Doring-Baez, "Brassaï Little White Dog Montmarte" Scarf, 2020, Cashmere/Modal blend, 26 x 71 in Beautiful scarves created by artist Claudia D...
Fabric
$6,000
H 84 in W 54 in
Moses and the Ten Commandments (Passover), Large Tapestry Rug by Shlomo Katz
By Shlomo Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: after Shlomo Katz, Polish/Israeli (1937 - 1992) Title: Moses and the Ten Commandments (Passover) Year: 2000 Medium: Woolen Carpet Tapestry Size: 84 x 54 in. (213.36 x 137.16 cm)
Tapestry, Wool
Painted Book
By Karel Appel
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Karel Appel (1921-2006) was an important contributor / sddisruptor in the evolution of 20th-century abstraction and one of the founders of the COBRA movement. Appel grew up in Amste...
Linen, Mixed Media
$703
H 10.24 in W 7.49 in D 0.4 in
Abrechnung Folgt! - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Abrechnung Folgt! is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1923. Original First Edition. Published by Malik Verlag, Berlin. Format: In 4°. The book includes 61 pages with 57 full page reproductions of drawings. Good conditions. George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin). By the war’s end in 1918, Grosz had developed an unmistakable graphic style that combined a highly expressive use of line with ferocious social caricature. Out of his wartime experiences and his observations of chaotic postwar Germany grew a series of drawings savagely attacking militarism, war profiteering, the gulf between rich and poor, social decadence, and Nazism. In drawing collections such as The Face of the Ruling Class (1921) and Ecce Homo (1922), Grosz depicts fat Junkers, greedy capitalists, smug bourgeoisie, drinkers, and lechers—as well as hollow-faced factory labourers, the poor, and the unemployed. At this time Grosz belonged to the Berlin Dada art movement, having befriended the German Dadaist brothers Wieland Herzfelde and John Heartfield...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
$150
H 26 in W 71 in
Kubrick Lady Honoria Scarf : Fashionable Cashmere/Modal blend Scarf
Located in New York, NY
Claudia Doring-Baez, "Kubrick Lady Honoria Scarf", 2021, Cashmere/Modal blend, 26 x 71 in. Beautiful scarves created by artist Claudia Doring-Baez with her paintings printed on high...
Fabric, Wool
$1,105
H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in
Landscape, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Artist Anita Roy Chowdhury "In Stock"
By Anita Roy Chowdhury
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Landscape - 18 x 24 inches ( unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas , 2006 Inclusive of shipped in roll form. Style : Her works manifest human figures, nude or drape...
Canvas, Acrylic