Giuseppe Gambino Antique Modern Abstract Still Life Oil Painting Old Surrealist

  
FABULOUS ANTIQUE ITALIAN MODERN ABSTRACT STILL LIFE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY THE GREAT ITALIAN MODERNIST PAINTER GIUSEPPE GAMBINO. THIS WORK DEPICTS A CAPTIVATING DARK BLUE COMPOSITION COMPRISED OF A STYLIZED VASE FILLED WITH VIBRANT FLOWERS ACCOMPANIED BY THREE FLOATING CANDLE STICKS. THE DOMINANT HUE OF DEEP RICH BLUE SET THE MOODY ATMOSPHERE CREATING A SENSE OF TRANQUILITY AND MYSTERY. THE COLORS OF THE FLOWERS CONTRAST STRIKINGLY AGAINST THE DARK BACKGROUND, ALLOWING THEM TO STAND OUT AND BECOME THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PIECE.

GIUSEPPE GAMBINO SKILLFULLY EMPLOYS THE IMPRESSIONIST TECHNIQUE TO CREATE A HARMONIOUS BALANCE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK ALLOWING THE VIEWER TO EXPERIENCE THE INTERPLAY OF COLORS AND TEXTURES. SIGNED AND DATED 1958 BY GIUSEPPE GAMBINO ON THE FRONT AND VERSO.

PROVENANCE: CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA. DIMENSIONS: 47"W x 30"H. Giuseppe Gambino (1928 - 1997) was active/lived in Italy. Giuseppe Gambino is known for Painting; landscape, cityscape, Venice architecture, figurative, still life. Born: 1928 - Vizzini, Sicily. Died: 1997 - Preganziol, Italy. Known for: Painting; landscape, cityscape, Venice architecture, figurative, still life. By 1945, he was working as a typesetter in Bologna, Italy and also worked in the graphic advertising industry. In 1954 he moved to Venice, Italy and soon dedicated himself fully to painting. In 1963 he and his family moved to Preganziol, Italy where he remained until his death in 1997.

Many major exhibitions were held throughout the United States, Germany and also Spain to name a few. With help from his father, who was an official superintendent of Fine Arts, Gambino won first prize at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, Italy, and also at La Gallerie Estence in Modena, Italy. Gambino's work can be found in many galleries and private collections worldwide.

He also was the theatrical set and costume designer for the comedy "The Four Rusteghi", directed by Paul Trevisi (circa 1976), which also became a traveling play. His paintings often started by a faithful reproduction of what he called "Landscape" (Italian: "Paesaggio", which he would often write on the back of his paintings preceding the rest of the title for the piece), and then would continue with redesigning the form that created the framework within a harmonic musicality. His works usually feature an explosion of colors and shapes which often have the feeling of being unfinished, but are beautifully held within the framework of each painting. Gambino died in 1997 in Preganziol, Italy. In January of 2001, the'Friends of Giuseppe Gambino' was formed to safeguard, develop, disseminate and exhibit his work.