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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$5,750
Antique Italian Coastal Port City Impressionist Seascape Framed Signed Painting
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Italian impressionist coastal seascape oil painting by Nicola Simbari (1927 - 2012) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 22 by 26 inches overall. In excellent origi...
Canvas, Oil
Walking By The Sea
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Walking By The Sea. Artist signed lower right corner, canvas size (31 1/2 x 39 1/4in). Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he began devoting himself to painting in a studio at Via del Babuino in central Rome. Simbari's early exposure to the architectural world had a lasting impression on his art, as he incorporated geometric forms and architectural structures into almost all of his paintings. He began to develop a distinct style stemming from impressions of life, nature, and the Mediterranean...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Staircase in Taormina Sicily Expressionist Oil Painting, Signed, 1967
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Staircase in Taormina Sicily 1967 Artist signed lower right corner, canvas size (36x 40). Original vintage frame. Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied a...
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Nicola Simbari Beach Scene Venice Signed Original Painting
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Nicola Simbari Title: Beach in Venice Medium: Original Acrylic on Canvas Canvas Size: 23.5" x 31.5" Frame Size: 29.5" x 37.5" x 1.5" Inscription: Signed Simbari on Front cent...
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Oil Painting of Young Woman By The Sea Cost, 1970s
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Young Woman By The Sea Cost Artist signed lower right, canvas 35hx39w Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$7,500
Nicola Simbari Woman Along Coastline 36 Inch Signed Original Painting
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Nicola Simbari Title: Woman Along Coastline Medium: Original Oil on Canvas Size: 28 x 36 inches Inscription: Signed "Simbari" on front lower right Year: C. 1960-1970 Nicola ...
Canvas, Oil
Nicola Simbari Near Amalfi Signed Original Painting
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Nicola Simbari Title: Near Amalfi Medium: Original Acrylic on Canvas Canvas Size: 31.5” x 39.375” Frame Size: 33.75" x 41.5" Inscription: Signed and dated Simbari 65 on front...
Canvas, Acrylic
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
$17,500
Marina Original Acrylic on Canvas, Signed, Late 20th Century, 29.25x33
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Nicola Simbari Title: Marina Medium: Original Acrylic on Canvas Canvas Size: 29.25" x 33" Frame Size: 35.25" x 39" x 1.5" Inscription: Signed Simbari on front lower right Yea...
Oil, Canvas
“Pier and boats”
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Nicola Simbari (1927-2012), Pier and Boats, Oil on Board, 1953. Early work! In good condition Unframed. Measures 9x13
Oil
Nicola Simbari Sailboats in Venice Signed Original Painting
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Nicola Simbari Title: Sailboats in Venice Medium: Original Acrylic on Canvas Canvas Size: 17.75" x 29.5" Frame Size: 22.75" x 34.5" x 1" Inscription: Signed and dated Simbari...
Canvas, Oil
Performer Expressionist Oil Painting
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Performer Artist signed lower right, canvas 28"x31"75 Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he beg...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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White and Blue
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Missouri, MO
Canvas Size: approx 32 x 39 inches Framed Size: approx. 37 x 45 inches Nicola Simbari is a painter of semi-abstract impressionist works. He is a colorist who favors brilliant tones...
Canvas, Oil
$1,152
H 18.31 in W 16.54 in D 0.79 in
Seascape at Sunset, Romantic Oil on Canvas, 19th Century, Signed
Located in Genève, GE
Signed "G. Goldberg" This atmospheric seascape captures a tranquil coastal scene at sunset, where the fading light reflects delicately across the surface of the water. The compositi...
Canvas, Oil
$10,097
H 15.6 in W 19.02 in D 0.79 in
Winter Boulevard at Night, Oil on Canvas, Serene Winter Scene, Framed
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artist painted this plain air sketch on a winter night in January on a boulevard near his home in the Maryino district in a couple of sessions, finishing some of the work in his ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,120Sale Price|60% Off
H 63 in W 40 in
Dancer in Red - Large Colorful Expressive Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas
By Bettina Mauel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers, and peop...
Canvas, Oil
$2,641
H 15.75 in W 19.69 in D 0.32 in
On a summer morning on the banks of the Main. Horizontal landscape painting.
By Dmitry Evtushenko
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting was painted from life on a sunny early summer morning in Bavaria on the banks of the Main River. We see the rising sun tinting the treetops on the mountain slope across ...
Canvas, Oil
Falling Together, Large-Scale Contemporary Multi-Color Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Falling Together, Large-Scale Contemporary Multi-Color Abstract Beautiful and compelling large-scale contemporary abstract by an unknown San Francisco bay area artist (American, 20t...
Canvas, Oil
$1,361
H 11 in W 14 in D 0.5 in
A Moment of Storm - Hawaiian Seascape, Ocean Waves, Marine Art, American Artist
By Daria Molostnova
Located in Oslo, NO
Hawaiian landscape · plein air study · ocean · wind · waves · spray · impressionism · texture · American artist This small plein air study was painted in strong wind, when the ocean...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500
H 24 in W 18 in D 2 in
Prosaic, female frontal nude oil painting lively brushwork, earth tones
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This oil painting presents a powerful exploration of the fragmented human form and the emotive potential of abstraction. The figure, rendered in a dynamic fusion of expressive brushw...
Canvas, Oil
$5,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 48 in W 38 in D 1 in
Family Heart - Mid Century Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Abstract
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic figurative abstract of wispy figures surrounding a heart by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
Linen, Oil
$9,500
H 34 in W 44 in
German Expressionist Oil Painting Bruno Krauskopf Cubist Cafe Scene
By Bruno Krauskopf
Located in Surfside, FL
Bruno Krauskopf (Germany, 1892-1960) Outdoor Restaurant Bar Cafe Scene Oil on canvas Dimensions: Frame: H 34 in W 44 in. Canvas: H 30-1/2 in. W 40 in. ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,535
H 15 in W 23 in D 0.5 in
Bathers By the Rocks- Hawaiian Beach Scene, North Shore Oahu, Plein Air Painting
By Daria Molostnova
Located in Oslo, NO
Hawaiian landscape painting, plein air, ocean and coastal scene. The painting was created from life in Hawaii in late summer, on an intens...
Canvas, Oil
$1,127
H 8 in W 13 in D 0.5 in
Morning Surf on the Rocks. Hawaii Seascape, Coastal Waves, Marine Art, Plein Air
By Daria Molostnova
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting was painted from life on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, on a powerful day when heavy surf crashed against the reef. "I was drawn to the movement of the ocean — waves...
Canvas, Oil
$705
H 9 in W 13 in D 0.3 in
Wave. Hawaiian seascape, ocean painting, soft morning light, impressionism
By Daria Molostnova
Located in Oslo, NO
Hawaiian landscape, ocean, storm, wave, impressionism, plein air, interior painting, American artist, American art, American landscape This work was painted on the North Shore of Oa...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (original oil painting)
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on canvas painting. Hand signed lower right front by Nicola Simbari. Canvas size 27.5 x 39.5 inches. Frame size approx 37.5 x 49.25 inches. Artwork is in excellent c...
Canvas, Oil
Gold Interior
By Nicola Simbari
Located in New York, NY
"Gold Interior" .is an original oil painting by Nicola Simbari, here the artist used very vibrant choice of colors where he normally used a lot of of the blue pallet. It is a very s...
Giclée
Semi Nude Woman With Long Hair
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Semi-Nude Woman With Long Hair Labels Florence Art Gallery (Florence Italy), signed. Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti d...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Semi Nude Woman With Long Hair
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Semi-Nude Woman With Long Hair Labels Florence Art Gallery (Florence Italy), signed. Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti d...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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H 20.5 in W 32.5 in D 1 in
Pier and Docks-Original Gouache and Wash on Paper, Signed and Dated by Artist
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Original Gouache and Wash on Paper 20.5 x 32.5 in, Framed Signed and dated by artist Image is in Excellent/Good Condition. The frame has cosmetic imperfections (i.e. has been repaint...
Gouache
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H 31.25 in W 39.5 in
Windy Day in Gaeta (abstract Italian landscape Italy painting)
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Nicola Simbari (1927-2012) Windy Day in Gaeta, 1963. Oil on canvas, 31.5 x 39 inches; 32 x 39.5 inches framed. Signed and dated lower right. Titled en verso. Original gallery label a...
Oil
Blue Sky
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Blue Sky stunning oil painting with a woman in a long skirt. Size: 39x48x1 in gold leaf gilt frame 46x44x1.5 Signed center right. Bearing labels from the Wally Findlay Gallery and T...
Cotton Canvas, Oil