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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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...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Five O'Clock
By Nicola Simbari
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed and dated (19)'58'lower right 15 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (39.2 x 34 cm) Giltwood frame Provenance: Exhibited at Arthur Jeffress, Catalogue 21, 1958 Bought by Ado...
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
$14,800Sale Price|20% Off
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
$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
$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
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
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...
Canvas, Oil
$15,200Sale Price|20% Off
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
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
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
“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
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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
$800
H 14 in W 30 in D 0.8 in
Canyon Rock, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Canyon Rock, Size: 14" x 30" x ...
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
$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
$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
$1,800
H 28.5 in W 35.5 in
Peruvian Expressionist Oil Painting Miguel Aybar Modernist Latin American Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions: (Frame) H 28.5" x W 35.5" (Painting) H 22" x W 30" Miguel Ángel Aybar Llauca, an artist specializing in expressionist painting, was born in Huancavelica and lives in t...
Canvas, Oil
The Dissidents: Discourse on the Golden Mean
By Michael Tole
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole says of his work… This work draws a connection between the didactic moralizing tendencies of Neo Classicism (represented in the style of the painting) and Modernism (represented in the architectural setting). Though modern art eschews the naturalistic imagery used by Neo Classicists, both movements pursued a self-important, austere, self-consciously masculine aesthetic that they saw as synonymous with virtue. Set in the MoMA courtyard, a passel of men lounge about, regarding a golden statue which looks terribly out of place in this modernist vitrine. The uncomfortable architectural setting, prisonlike and cold, provides a foil for the odalisque-like young men sprawled on hard stone benches and paying homage to the central idol. In my current work, The Revisionist Histories, I am writing letters to art history, literature, and mythology in an attempt to reflect the social changes that have reshaped our society over the past century. As part of this agenda, I explore the evolution of gender norms, power dynamics, and representation within Western visual culture and what this implies for the negotiation between pleasure, justice, and our culturally specific discourse on beauty. The seed for The Revisionist Histories was sewn when I caught a glimpse of my preteen daughters watching music videos on their iPad as I chopped veggies for dinner. Out of the corner of my eye I caught glimpses of music videos featuring Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and Doja Cat gyrating across the tiny screen. A better parent might have snatched the iPad away, but I was overcome with hallucinatory visions of this pop diva...
Oil, Canvas
$1,895
H 48 in W 32 in D 1 in
San Francisco Abstract Expressionist Portrait of a Man 48"h x 32w
By Daniel David Fuentes
Located in Soquel, CA
Moody portrait of a man by bay area artist Daniel David Fuentes (Xavier Lunt) (American, 1978-2016). From a collection of his works. Unsigned. Unframed...
Canvas, Oil
Point of Light (Bay)
By Bradley Kerl
Located in New Orleans, LA
Bradley Kerl creates paintings that merge lived experience, memory, and invention, transforming familiar subjects into images that balance the recognizable with the uncanny. Drawing ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,650
H 48.75 in W 32.75 in D 1.5 in
Modernist Blue Nude in Profile - Figurative Abstract
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and expressive oil portrait of a modernist nude figure in blue seated in profile with bright yellow flowers by Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986). Signed and dated "Allie Bill Skelton '72" by the artist in the lower right corner. Unframed. Image size: 48.75"H x 32.75"W. Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art...
Canvas, Oil
$3,050
H 23.5 in W 46 in D 0.8 in
South Bay, Coastal, Seascape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Coastal, Seascape Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: I...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 30 in W 55 in D 1 in
Santa Maria della Salute- Venice, Coastal Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Coastal Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2016 Subject: Santa Maria Della Salute...
Canvas, Oil
$300
H 8.5 in W 14 in D 0.8 in
Spring Canyon, Landscape, Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Spring Canyon, Size: 8.5" x14" x...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 37 in W 32 in D 1 in
Blue Scarfed Woman - Figurative Abstract
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract figurative of a figure in a blue scarf by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th c.)From a collection of his works. Si...
Canvas, Oil
$4,200
H 62 in W 51 in D 2 in
Large Scale Abstracted Still Life with Fish, in the Style Of Henri Matisse
By D.S. Silver
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Abstracted Still Life with Fish, in the Style Of Henri Matisse Bright, ocean-like, tropical colors in this abstract with fish in the style of Henri Matisse by D.S. Silve...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$2,050
H 21.5 in W 30 in D 0.8 in
Village, landscape oil Painting, Impressionism One of a kind, Ready to hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Landscape Impressionism Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2019 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Village, Si...
Canvas, Oil
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H 21.5 in W 32 in
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
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
Sold
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