Nicola Simbari Paintings
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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1950s Nicola Simbari Paintings
Oil
1970s Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
1980s Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1930s Nicola Simbari Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Modern Nicola Simbari Paintings
Oil
1950s Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Giclée
1970s Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
1970s Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Late 20th Century Nicola Simbari Paintings
Gouache
Nicola SimbariPier and Docks-Original Gouache and Wash on Paper, Signed and Dated by Artist, Unknown
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nicola Simbari Paintings
Oil
1970s Expressionist Nicola Simbari Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil