Pascal Cucaro - Oil Painting of San Francisco

Description

Artist: Pascal Cucaro – American (1915-2004)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Oil on heavy textured paper laid to foamcore … more Artist: Pascal Cucaro – American (1915-2004)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Oil on heavy textured paper laid to foamcore
Sight size: 8.25 x 11.25 inches.
Framed size: 11 x 14 inches
Signature: Signed lower center
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in shadow box frame. Frame in fair condition

This painting depicts a small park in San Francisco. It looks like it could be in North Beach or Russian Hill. The painting is in very good condition. It is on a heavy textured paper with a texture that resembles canvas. That paper is laid down to foamcore which is attached the inside of the shadowbox frame. The shadowbox frame is stained cherry and has a flip top with glass. It is in fair condition with a few light scratches.

Pascal Cucaro was a very well-known San Francisco artist. His painting style is characterized by a bold gestural quality, complimented by a thick application of paint. He was known for his depictions of circus scenes and landscapes. Comprised of brownish-purples and primary colors, his choppy strokes of impasto paint give a feeling of movement to his work. “Some may label me as impressionistic but categorizing a painter limits him and can sometimes prevent him from finding himself, ” he once said. “A painter is always changing, revising his techniques and subjects so that it’s not really fair to put him under a title.” Born on November 6, 1915 in Youngstown, OH, he became interested in art during his time in the U.S. Army. After leaving the armed forces, Cucaro moved to San Francisco to study at the California School of Fine Arts from 1948 to 1952. He then returned to Europe to spend time in France, Spain, and Italy to study art on his own. Back in San Francisco, his association with the local counter culture led him to the circles of Beat-era artists, writers, and philosophers. In 1965, his paintings would garner him the Presidential Medal of. Freedom. He was later touted by San Francisco’s Chamber of Commerce, for “enhancing the prestige of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a major world culture center through his creative energy and work.” The artist died in January 2004 in Sausalito, CA. less