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Roberto Gherardi Art

Italian, Swiss, b. 1933
Roberto Gherardi is an Italian-Geneva painter born in 1933 in Ascensione in northern Italy, near Bergamo. The post-war period being harsh, poverty strikes his family and forces him to immigrate to Switzerland in Geneva where he will work as a mason. He will meet his wife there and start a family. In his life of hard work he finds a loophole in painting. He painted Geneva, Italian and other landscapes as well as characters with cold features that he would produce throughout his life. His style is rather realistic with games of misshapen proportions. He left a collection of 400 works, sold a few but never had the time or the means to devote himself fully to his passion because he had duties towards his family. Here are the pieces from his collection, released after a 20-year hibernation in a private cellar. We are happy to be able to offer them a second life thanks to you.
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Artist: Roberto Gherardi
Venise By Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 41x56 cm
Venise By Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 41x56 cm

Venise By Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 41x56 cm

By Roberto Gherardi

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Work on cardboard with frame. Total size with frame is 53x69x5 cm Roberto Gherardi is an Italian-Geneva painter born in 1933 in Ascensione in northe...

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Family by Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 36x50 cm
Family by Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 36x50 cm

Family by Roberto Gherardi - Oil on wood 36x50 cm

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Work on wood with frame. Total size with frame is 46x61x5 cm Roberto Gherardi is an Italian-Geneva painter born in 1933 in Ascensione in northern It...

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