Listed Italian/American Artist Joseph Anthony Buzzelli* Signed, on lower right, this Rich Expressionistic Floral Still Life - Flowers in a Vase, sitting on a table. It is an Original Oil on Canvas, laid onto a thick board. Colors are deep, rich and very sharp. We believe the piece is from the mid 20th C., just before he started concentrating on abstract expressionism. Thick, bold brushstrokes, just shy of the Impasto technique (paint applied thickly) - see 6th image. Buzzelli is exhibited in many collections and museums, such as the National Gallery of Art and his original oil paintings are rare!
Collectible 3 1/2" Wide, 1 1/2" Deep Dark Brown, Hand Carved/Chiseled, Wormwood, Reverse frame with a Linen Liner is included complimentary in this listing.
Canvas measures 18 1/2 X 22 1/2 and is in Very Good to Excellent condition.
Outside measure of the frame is 25 X 29 and is in Good to Very Good condition.
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*Joseph Anthony Buzzelli (1907 - 1982/3?) Joseph Anthony Buzzelli was a prolific painter and sculptor. In a career spanning 55 years, the artist experimented across a range of modernist styles before concentrating on abstraction. His latter paintings also focused on social causes, especially environmental conservation. Buzzelli had seen the damage humanity had done to nature in his extensive travels. When he settled down in Casey Key in the 1960's, he was determined to prevent that from happening here. Preserving nature became the subject of many of his last paintings.
Buzzelli’s early work reveals influences ranging from Cezanne to the rough truths of Social Realism. His claustrophobic painting of miners in a coal cart (1938) reflects this raw honesty - all the more poignant knowing that Buzzelli’s father had died in a mining accident. But it’s not all darkness. His paintings of Miami’s South Beach from the 1950's are alive with color. Buzzelli’s undated “Coal Town” has the feel of a shattered stained glass window - or a Chagall. This fragmentation progresses through his later pieces, which show an affinity to Abstract Expressionism.
Buzzelli’s art reflected what he loved and attacked what made him angry. The art he created honored creation itself and raised a war cry against those who despoiled it.
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