Painting by Orfeo Tamburi Contemporary Art 1962

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Artist: Orfeo Tamburi (1910-1994)

Artwork title: Le Tavole

Age: Contemporary

Subject: Abstract Composition

Artistic technique: Painting

Technical specification: Oil on Canvas

Description : Le Tavole

Oil painting on canvas signed in the lower right corner. Orfeo Tamburi was a versatile and prolific Italian artist. Illustrator, painter and journalist, he used to play in the theater too. He was born in Jesi in 1910 and he moved to Rome after winning a scholarship when he was 18. He studied there and took part in the artistic life of the city. In 1935 the artist went to Paris and discovers Cèzanne's painting which represents a turning point for him. In this period, his painting production is characterized by geometrical shapes and light colors. Tamburi's painting became famous both in Italy and abroad thanks to his attendance to the most important international manifestations such as La Biennale in Venice and La Quadriennale in Rome. During the 40s he moves to Paris where his paintings became more troubled and personal. The trip in the USA in 1957 had a strong impact on his painting technique. The painting here presented belongs to the series titled 'Le Tavole'. The blue and beige colors are dull and dark arousing a sense of anxiety. The painting has its authentication with picture belonging to Galleria Mari Arte Contemporanea. In frame. 1962.

Product Condition:
Very good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. It may have been restored by an expert.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 56
Width: 61
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 26
Width: 31

Authentication on photo

Additional Information

Artist: Orfeo Tamburi (1910-1994)

Born in Jesi in 1910, thanks to a scholarship he moved to Rome at the age of eighteen, where he trained in the Roman School and from a very young age he took part in the artistic life of the city. In 1935 the artist went to Paris and discovered Cèzanne's painting, defining it as "the real turning point in my life as a painter". He passes from a style characterized by a lyrical, almost sentimental vision to a "more formally felt and rigorous", the shapes become more geometric, the color ranges are muted. Both in Italy and abroad the work of Tamburi is very successful, the artist participates in the most important international events such as La Biennale di Venezia and La Quadriennale di Roma. In the 1940s he moved to Paris where his painting was transformed by becoming more restless, more personal. The trip he made in 1957 to the United States has a strong influence in the definition of his style. Tamburi approaches informal research, reality is no longer rendered as a dispenser of certainties but as an expressive channel for the anxieties and doubts of a world (that of the postwar period) in crisis. The series "Le Finestre", "Le Saracinesche", "Le Porte Sbarrate", The Painted Walls "," Le Tavole "," Le Radici "," Le Crete "are the result of this linguistic experimentation. Tamburi died in 1994 in Ermont, where he had moved in the last years of his life.

Age: Contemporary

Contemporary

Subject: Abstract Composition

Artistic technique: Painting

La pittura è l'arte che consiste nell'applicare dei pigmenti a un supporto come la carta, la tela, la seta, la ceramica, il legno, il vetro o un muro. Essendo i pigmenti essenzialmente solidi, è necessario utilizzare un legante, che li porti a uno stadio liquido, più fluido o più denso, e un collante, che permetta l'adesione duratura al supporto. Chi dipinge è detto pittore o pittrice. Il risultato è un'immagine che, a seconda delle intenzioni dell'autore, esprime la sua percezione del mondo o una libera associazione di forme o un qualsiasi altro significato, a seconda della sua creatività, del suo gusto estetico e di quello della società di cui fa parte.