Santa Cruz, CA
Super Seller
Details
- Dimensions
- 14ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 9.5ʺH
- Styles
- Modern
- Post Impressionist
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Cityscape
- Period
- 1950s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
Shop Sustainably with Chairish
- Materials
- Canvas
- Oil Paint
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Peach
- Condition Notes
- painting: minor restoration, shows well; frame: minor restoration, minor marks; shows well. painting: minor restoration, shows well; frame: minor restoration, minor marks; shows well. less
- Description
-
Signed lower right, 'Agostinelli' for Mario Agostinelli (Peruvian-American, 1915-2000) and dated 1956; additionally titled, lower left, 'Rue Royale, Paris'.
Displayed … more Signed lower right, 'Agostinelli' for Mario Agostinelli (Peruvian-American, 1915-2000) and dated 1956; additionally titled, lower left, 'Rue Royale, Paris'.
Displayed in a substantial, hand-carved and water-gilded frame.
Framed dimensions: 18.25 H x 1.5 D x 22.5 W inches
A delicately painted oil showing a view of the Paris Opera House, as seen from the Rue Royale, with numerous pedestrians and vehicles moving beneath a lilac, evening sky.
Born in Peru, Mario Agostinelli studied in Argentina, Brazil, France and Italy. Over the course of a long career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Allied Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, the Butler Institute of Art, the California Academy of Fine Arts, Knickerbocker Artists and, in the 1970s, at New York's Berlin Gallery. Agostinelli was the recipient of numerous prizes and juried awards including the Samuel Morse Medal from National Academy of Design. He was also awarded gold medals from the Knickerbocker Artists and from the Salon Watercolor of Lima. The artist's work is held in numerous private and public collections including the permanent collections of the Academia de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), the Museum of Modern Art (Rio de Janeiro) and the Springfield Museum of Art (Massachusetts), among others.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 1, page 65; et al. less
Santa Cruz, CA
Super Seller
Questions about the item?
Featured Promoted Listings
Related Collections
- 1800s Oil Paintings
- Abstract Sailboat Paintings
- Abstract Horse Paintings
- Abstract Nude Paintings
- Abstract Vase Paintings
- Abstract Acrylic Paintings
- Styrofoam Paintings
- Abstract Autumn Paintings
- Chinese Glass Paintings
- Chinese Silk Paintings
- Mark Frohman Paintings
- Molly Frances Paintings
- Abstract Apple Paintings
- Abstract Palm Tree Paintings
- Angel Oil Paintings
- Associated American Artists Paintings
- Daylight Dream Editions Paintings
- Classical Roman Paintings
- Classical Greek Paintings
- Black Abstract Paintings
- Lee Reynolds Paintings
- Mid-Century Modern Paintings
- Portrait Paintings
- Still Life Paintings
- Landscape Paintings