ORIGINAL PAINTING BY NICOLA SIMBARI "THE FLOWER VENDOR" Oil on Canvas 1963 - 22 x 14 inches Signed Start Price USD 7,000.00 Current Price USD 7,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 12,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, June 27, 2008 End Time Monday, July 07, 2008 Location Saint Louis, MO See more about 'ORIGINAL PAINTING BY NICOLA SIMBARI "THE FLOWER VENDOR"' Description YOU ARE BIDDING ON AN ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING BY WORLD-RENOWNED ARTIST NICOLA SIMBARI.  THIS MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 22 x 14 INCHES AND IS SIGNED AND DATED LOWER RIGHT 1963.  IN ORIGINAL FRAME AND GOOD CONDITION.  SEE BIOGRAPHY BELOW: Nicola Simbari (B. 1927 ITALY) is a painter of semi-abstract impressionist works.  He is a colorist who favors brilliant tones, richly layered with a palette knife.  Simbari paints to convey light and energy and provide new definition through intensity of vision and  technique. Born in Calabria, Italy, Simbari was greatly impacted by the natural setting of his Mediterranean world: the wide sea, intense sky, and vivid flowers.  As a young child, he moved with his family to Rome where his father worked as an architect to the Vatican.  The City's Renaissance masterpieces and the artistic treasures of the Sistine Chapel so moved Simbari that, before his 13th birthday, he decided to study art and enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti.  At 22, he opened his first studio in Rome.  Influenced by the sights and sounds of his childhood, Simbari's early works featured gypsies, cafe settings, fishing villages, and rustic scenes of the Italian countryside. The youthful artist knew success early, and within months of a one-man show in London, he was awarded the commission to paint murals for the Italian Pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels.  His show "Le Cirque," for many, reproduced the same excitement on canvas as can be felt at an electrifying circus performance.   "When I paint, I'm like a writer," Simbari states, "I must have something to say. My paintings are like entries in a diary because they are all reactions to things I have seen or felt." Although Mediterranean landscapes and portrayals of contemporary European life are Simbari's mainstay, he has recently turned his attention to painting the Southwest. "There's terrific drama in the desert. It's mysterious and magical, and the most dramatic natural sculpture I've ever seen."  Whether he is capturing the awe-inspiring beauty of a rugged canyon, or the grace of a soaring falcon, Simbari works with the goal of conveying color and emotion. Collections include the Bank of Tokyo, Paris; Christian Dior Collection, Paris; Italian State Railways, Rome; Liberty Company, London; Bank of Commerce, Tulsa; Cincinnati Fine Arts Department, Cincinnati; Exxon Corporation, New York; General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis; Pepsico, New York. - from American Design Ltd.   Place a Bid!