Alfano Dardari Surrealist Clowns Painting Wall Street Stock Market Oil on Canvas

Alfano Dardari, Italian, 1924 to 1988, oil painting on canvas, The Barber, depicting a caricature scene with clowns. Signed lower right. Titled lower to...

Oil on canvas painting representing two clowns riding a unicycle in an empty field. Signed Alfano Dardari in the lower right. Titled Taxi on the frame. ...

Oil on canvas painting representing two clowns on the street imitating a stock market. Signed Alfano Dardari in the lower right. Titled Bum Stocks on th...

Oil on canvas painting representing two clowns on the ocean shore with a ship named Mela, Apple. Signed Alfano Dardari in the lower right. Titled The Li...

A magnificent Orientalist oil on canvas painting “escorting the cheetah”, circa 1920. Very fine quality painting depicting two Orientalist Arab Sheikhs / Indian Princes...

(French School), A fine quality French Japonisme oil on canvas painting of "Three Geishas". Initialed JA, 1894. Very vibrant and high quality painting of three Japanese woman s...

A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts a beautiful flower in a vase with a perfect little droplet of water resting ever so gently on a petal. The flower in the vase sits atop a shelf upon which a gorgeous butterfly has alighted. Also on the shelf is a gold watch. And do you see a thread through all of this? I do. Mind you, it's my opinion but I'll happily share it with you. Memento Mori. Instead of defining it for you, I'll offer this description from the Tate in London: "Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity...

A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts the after effects of a late night. Gambling. Drinking. Smoking. Vice. And do you see a thread through all of this? I do. Mind you, it's my opinion but I'll happily share it with you. Memento Mori. Instead of defining it for you, I'll offer this description from the Tate in London: "Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity...

A stunning vintage oil on canvas painting of a street market scene in Italy. Gorgeous colors (terracotta, ochre, blue, hunter green) and impressionistic brushstrokes make this painti...

Signed and dated 58 lower left. A textured oil on canvas illustrating a French street scene with market seller's umbrellas along a park. Shops are along the street with figures. Two ...

Giuseppe Pitto (Italian 1857 - 1928) is often known for his paintings depicting pretty women in Italian street markets. This exuberantly painted scene i...

Enchanting oil painting on canvas depicting figures in a tropical setting with flowers, executed in an impressionist style, signed M Ford and presented in a painted wood frame.