Louis Nadalini "You Need to Listen to Me" Florescent Figurative Gouache on Paper 1987

Description

Evocative figurative in florescent hues by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed lower right corner and dated "Louis E Nadalini 88" … more Evocative figurative in florescent hues by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed lower right corner and dated "Louis E Nadalini 88" on verso. Unframed.

Louis Nadalini (American, 1927 - 1995) was born in San Francisco and attended the Art Students League where he studied with George Grosz. He also studied with Martin Baer in San Francisco from 1955-1957. In the late 1960s, he developed a form of painted relief, which was painting hard-edge forms of vertical louvers arranged so that different compositions were seen when observed from the right or the left side of the picture.

Exhibited:
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 161st Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture 1966; Richmond Art Center & University of California; Pelican Bay Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; Village AC, NYC, 1953 (solo); & Am. Student & Artist Center, Paris, France, 1954 (solo); SFMA, Printing Ann., 1957-59 & 1966; CPLH, 1963-67; PAFA Ann., 1966; Oakland Art Mus., Painting Ann., 1966-69; Esther Bear Ga., Santa Barbara, CA, 1970s.

Studied:
City College San Fran.; ASL with George Grosz; Martin Baer, San Fran., 1958-60.

Member:
AFA; Artists Equity Assn.; East Bay Artists Assn. less