Julio Verdie Original Signed Acrylic On Canvas Paper Painting Rare One Of A Kind

Description: Original signed Julio Verdie acrylic on canvas paper. My opinion is that it is acrylic but it may be oil. The artist used both mediums Verdie paintings are hard to find and are increasing in value and popularity Framed 21 inches wide by 17” tall Art 15.25 inches wide by 11” tall Frame is not original and poor quality for this caliber of painting. If you would like it shipped without the frame just let me know. Frame has some scuffs and scratches. A bit dusty. Frame has a weak edge. Tape and and old Hess’s box is on the back. Hess was a department store in Pennsylvania that closed in the early 1990’s after 90 years. Frame has protected the painting and the colors are vibrant Please look at the photos closely to see details of the condition I took photos with various lighting to show details Smoke free home Fast free shipping Feel free to ask questions. I answer quickly Biography: Julio Verdie MASTER OF COLOR: Artist, Journalist, Poet, Author, Playwright Founding Member of “Grupo 8” (1900 – 1998) Born in Montevideo, Uruguay on January 3, 1900, Mr. Verdié first studied at the famed “Círculo de Bellas Artes.” Very active as an artist, he taught and became Secretary of the newly established School of Fine Arts (“Escuela de Bellas Artes”) since its founding until 1959. His prolific novels and articles were frequently published and his plays staged in theatres in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Verdié traveled to Europe many times to and served as an national diplomat. In Paris, he enrolled at the “Atelier of Abstract Art” to study under E. PILLET and J. DEWASNE. In 1967 he was appointed Cultural attaché at the Embassy of Uruguay in Brussels, Belgium. Two years later, in 1969, the “Instituto de Cultura Hispánica de Madrid” granted Mr. Verdié a scholarship in Spain; at the time he is also appointed as Cultural attaché of the Embassy of Uruguay in Madrid. Upon his return from Europe, his close friend and owner of Galería Contemporánea, Julio Mariño, invites VERDIÉ to set up his own atelier and paint on premises exclusively for the newly opened art gallery. EXHIBITIONS JULIO VERDIÉ began exhibiting his diverse artwork extensively in 1945, often at the invitation of important and well-established art galleries, institutions, corporations and museums around the world. They were organized in Montevideo, Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Paris, France; also in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and in Slovenia; Brussels, Belgium; Geneva, Switzerland; in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, Germany; Sao Paolo, Porto Alegre and in Rio do Janeiro, Brasil; at the Pittsburg Carnegie Institute and the Dallas Museum, in U.S.A.; in Mexico; and in the Popular Republic of China. AWARDS In his seventy years of presence in the art milieu, VERDIÉ was awarded a number of prestigious awards. In 1957 he obtained a gold medal for his original “Still Life No. 4”. In 1975 he wins the highest honor in the arts awarded in Uruguay, the “Gran Premio Nacional de Pintura” by “El Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas y Visuales in Uruguay. His artwork is found in the permanent collections of the Museo Nacional y Municipal de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay; the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Museos do Sao Paolo and Rio do Janeiro, Brasil as well as in many private collections in Europe and the Americas.

Price: 799.99 USD

Location: Greensboro, Maryland

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