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Dina Brodsky
"Orvieto, Dusk" Contemporary Realism Countryside Miniature by Dina Brodsky

2025

$1,500
£1,138.77
€1,312.82
CA$2,121.96
A$2,284.48
CHF 1,223.38
MX$27,527.17
NOK 15,435.71
SEK 14,126.17
DKK 9,809.90

About the Item

This piece titled "Orvieto, Dusk" is an original artwork by Dina Brodsky, as part of her acclaimed two-person exhibition "Little Italy", an exhibition celebrating travel in contemporary miniature with Lorraine Loots. This tondo is made from oil on mylar on copper by Dina Brodsky. This piece is measures 2" in diameter unframed, or 6.5"h x 6.5"w x 1.75"d framed. NOTE: Please send us a direct message or put a note on your order if you would like the piece framed as pictured. There is no extra charge for the framing, but it will add about 2 weeks to the shipping timeline. Journeying through Rome and Florence, the artists discovered how two people can love and experience the same places in vastly different ways. Brodsky would place herself in a single spot, gazing out at the Trevi Fountain or the lush countryside, and spend hours working in her prized sketchbook. She would take in all the details of her surroundings and translate them into thin layers of oil atop vibrant hues she uses for her underpainting. Using traditional painting techniques from the 16th to 19th centuries, her artwork becomes tiny portholes looking out to historic ruins and city rooftops alike, blending antiquity and modernity in a new realm. Brodsky’s brilliant palette is informed by her first time experiencing Italy as a child. Born in Belarus, Brodsky’s family was one of many that left the country on refugee status in the late 1980s when it was still part of the Soviet Union. Her memories of the gray, block towers of Belarus were in deep contrast with the bucolic hills and beaches of the Italian countryside. Even though this rural part of Italy was only a temporary sanctuary for Brodsky's family, it created a lifelong connection for the artist through her childhood memories of the place that launched her into her new life outside of Belarus. During her trip, Brodsky still saw the mystic quality of Italy, alive in the people and landscape that inspired her collection. Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist miniaturist, painter, and curator. She was educated at University of Massachusetts Amherst and the New York Academy of Art, where she received her MFA. She lives and works in New York City. She has taught privately and in several institutions, including the Castle Hill Center for the Arts, the Long Island Academy of Fine Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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    2025
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    Height: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU188216932542

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