Armine Bozhko Art

RALPH DELLA-VOLPE (1923-2017) Fine Art Painter, American Contemporary Oil on canvas Hand signed lower right Artist Signed, Abstract Oil on Canvas. Figure in the distance. Approx: 30" x 27 1/2" framed, 26 1/2" x 23 1/2" canvas. TRAINING: National Academy of Design The Art Students League, NYC Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe's semi-abstract paintings of often simplified, minimalist, beach scenes and anonymous portraits "convey profound awareness of mood and character", and his paintings are hardly as literal as they may first appear (Arts Magazine. "New York Exhibitions". 1965). His brightly-colored, light-infused, ornamental compositions bring together aspects of many modernist art movements including Fauvism, Impressionism, Symbolism, and abstraction. Della-Volpe first studied painting at the prestigious National Academy of Design before joining the Army during World War II. As a soldier, the artist saw action on Utah Beach, winning a Purple Heart, and his experiences undoubtedly affected his later artistic style. The Fauvist "coloristic exuberance" found in the works beginning in the mid 1960's, with their vibrant fuschias and yellows, seem to offset what could be an otherwise solemn tone to many of his works at the time. Upon his return from military service, Della-Volpe’s style evolved significantly. In the years following the second world war, his work was solemn, imbued with a quiet darkness. Over time, this darkness faded: by the 1950s, influenced by his time at the Art Students League, his oeuvre was overtaken by the tenants of Abstract Expressionism. Paintings from this period boast bold brushwork, energetic compositions, and strong color. Although the next decade saw Della-Volpe trade expressionist abstraction for figuration, his love of color continued to shine through his work.Della-Volpe took a teaching position as the first artist-in-residence at Bennett College in Millbrook, New York where he remained for 28 years, serving as chairman of the Art Department for most of that time. Obviously influenced by impressionism 's preoccupation with the treatment of light, Della-Volpe's own works have a "faultless tonal quality, with its sense of failing light—the areas of silvery gray deepening into rosy tans" (Arts Magazine. "In the Galleries". 1960). Della-Volpe has exhibited widely throughout his career and has lectured on art at colleges, universities, and galleries across the country. He was included in the show Abstraction: 1950-1970 at Taylor Graham, Greenwich CT. A survey of post-war abstract art movements including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Hard Edge, Minimalism and Op-Art. Adolph Gottlieb, André Cottavoz, Carl Robert Holty, Cleve Gray, Friedel Dzubas, Ilya Bolotowsky, James Hiroshi Suzuki, Norman Bluhm, Ralph Della-Volpe, Theodore Appleby...

Artist: Tito Salomoni (1928 - 1989) Title: Spotlight Date: 1984 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left Size: 37.5 x 29 in. (95.25 x 73.66 cm) Frame Siz...

Emilio Grau Sala (1911-1975) - Sunset in Deauville - Oil on canvas Oil measures 60x73 cm. Frame measures 73x86 cm. Son of cartoonist Juan Grau Miró, he was born in Barcelona in 1911. Although he attended the School of Fine Arts, his training is considered largely self-taught. His first exhibition takes place in 1930, at the "Badriñas Gallery" in the same city. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936), Grau Sala left Spain with his wife, also a painter Ángeles Santos...

Early 20th Century Fauvist oil on canvas of a rural landscape with poppies by René Seyssaud. The painting is signed bottom left. There is a titl...

Vicenç Ferrer Torradellas (1927) - Ibiza Market - Oil on canvas Oil measures 46x55 cm. Frameless. Reus 1927. He studied at the School of Work. He dedicated himself to easel painting...

Mid Century Fauvist Swiss Lake Village Landscape Colorful mid century fauvist Swiss Village and Lake landscape by Central California artist R. Step...

Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - Plaza Nueva Barcelona Spain - Oil on canvas Canvas measures 73x60 cm. Frameless. MUNDO Ignasi Ignasi Mundó trained at t...

French Mid Century late Fauvist oil on canvas Provencal landscape of Signes, South of France, by Olympe Silvy. Signed bottom right, annotated, titled and dated to the back stretchers...

Artist: Jacques Gaston, French XXth Title: Champs Elysses at Dusk Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas mounted to Wood, signed l.r. Image: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame: 33 ...

Vibrant Landscape with Tree Artist signed, oil on canvas 36x30 framed 45x39x1 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she atten...

Barcelona, 1953 Painter, sculptor and draftsman of deep-rooted post-impressionist tradition among the most colorful exponents of the moment: Mir, Amat, Sanvisens ..., who from an eas...

Vibrant Landscape With Mountains View Size: 24x30 framed 30x36 x1 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After Word War II, she attended the Acade...