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Ralph Eugene Della-VolpeNumber 5
Portrait of Jockey1965
1965
$11,000
£8,213.71
€9,461.09
CA$15,350
A$16,228.91
CHF 8,720.97
MX$194,911.71
NOK 109,202.02
SEK 99,927.90
DKK 70,653.46
About the Item
This portrait of a Jockey is a nod to Pop-art and an avant-garde approach to abstract painting and exploration in the 1960's. A great painting for a contemporary setting or a family room!
Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe's semi-abstract paintings of portraits "convey profound awareness of mood and character", and his paintings are hardly as literal as they may first appear. Constantly transforming what is on the canvas, the artist is never sure himself of the final composition of each work until completion because, as he says, "Everything I paint is based on my own feelings about life, my own insights, my own observations and my own needs for expression."
The canvas size inside the frame is 40.5 x 60 inches.
Della-Volpe first studied painting at the National Academy of Design before joining the Army during World War II. As a soldier, the artist saw action on Utah Beach, and his experiences undoubtedly affected his later artistic style. Tom Wolf, of Bard College, explained that the paintings Della-Volpe produced after his return from service in World War II “project feelings of melancholy.” expressed in the tense expressions in the figures’ faces. The “coloristic exuberance” found in the works beginning in the mid 1960’s, with their vibrant fuscias and yellows, seem to offset what could be an otherwise solemn tone to many of his works at the time.
Upon his return from military service, Della-Volpe took a teaching position as the first artist-in-residence at Bennett College in Millbrook, New York where he remained for 28 years, serving as chairman of the Art Department for most of that time. Obviously influenced by impressionism's preoccupation with the treatment of light, Volpe's own works have a "faultless tonal quality, with its sense of failing light - the areas of silvery gray deepening into rosy tans". The simplified scenes and portraits express the artist's love of open space and his aim to evoke emotion through each piece rather than recognition of what exactly is painted on the canvas. Della-Volpe has exhibited widely throughout his career and has lectured on art at colleges, universities, and galleries across the country.
- Creator:Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe (1923, American)
- Creation Year:1965
- Dimensions:Height: 43.5 in (110.49 cm)Width: 63.5 in (161.29 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Condition:Lovely condition and ready to hang. Could be minor scuffs to side of frame and or touch ups but negligible in this respect!
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 165911stDibs: LU1413210575232
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