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St. Sebastian
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is Barnabe's Modernist re-imagining of the dramatic Renaissance and Baroque paintings he would have known in his native Italy of St. Sebastian, an early Christian saint...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arlecchino in blu e grigio (Harlequin in Blue and Gray)
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
This work is signed by Barnabè in the lower right. Harlequins were one of Barnabè's favorite subjects, reminders of the costumed revellers at the famous Carnival of Venice celebrated...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache
Figura seduta (Seated figure)
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
The painting is signed at the lower right by Barnabè.
In 1959, French art critic Michel Concil-Lacoste, in the newspaper Le Monde, expressed his views on Barnabè: "Barnabè is a pain...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
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Young Girl in Pink
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Béla Czóbel, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1996: no. 60 and reproduced on page 95 of catalogue.
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
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Young Girl in Green
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
In a letter written to Czóbel after he had become quite ill in 1975, famous Portuguese painter Vieira da Silva writes:
“My very dear Czóbel, We em...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
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Woman in a Red Dress
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
In an article published in Le Figaro (Paris, March 19, 1964), Raymond Cogniat comments on Czóbel’s unique artistic style. He writes:
“...Czóbel, who arrived Paris in the first years...
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1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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