Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Italian, 1905-1981
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few miles from Venice, Italy in 1905, the son of a stonemason. Bosa emigrated to the U.S. at age 18 after studies at the Accademia della Belle Arti in Venice and became an American citizen. He then studied under John Sloan, of the Ashcan School, at the Art Students League in New York. A distinguished painter, Louis Bosa's work has been likened to that of artists ranging from Pieter Breughel the Elder to John Sloan and the Ashcan School.
Being an acute observer of the human condition, Bosa's paintings, which are primarily oil on canvas, often focus on people and street scenes from his native Italy. Bosa was known to have followed his subjects around, making many sketches and mental notes, and combined his observations in the final work to create visionary, fantastical images. The subjects of his paintings are highly stylized and expressionistic, and border on caricature. "People are so funny at times they are sad," he said: The people in his paintings are accessible and seem to portray human emotion and everyday life, conquering such concepts as mortality, humility and sometimes futility. His work often reveals comedy in the midst of tragedy. Many of his paintings include whimsical images of nuns riding bicycles and similar authority figures engaged in mundane activities.
He traveled extensively through Europe and often returned to his native Italy. Bosa painted for the Works Progress Administration and the Whitney Museum. He taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the New York Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, Syracuse University, and the University of Notre Dame at South Bend, Indiana. His paintings and watercolors are on display at many well-known art studios and museums across the United States such as:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York The Whitney Museum - New York
The Philadelphia Museum - Pennsylvania
The Worcester Museum - Massachusetts
The Springfield Museum - Massachusetts
The Toronto Art Museum - Canada
Notre Dame University Museum
The Butler Museum - Ohio
The Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts - Ohio
The University of Illinois - Illinois
The Montclair Museum - New Jersey
The James A. Michener Art Museum - Doylestown, Pennsylvania
The Clearwater Museum - Florida
The Wilmington Museum - Delaware
The Athenian Museum - Connecticut
The Herron Art Institute - Indiana
The Rochester Museum - New York
The Delgado Museum - New Orleans
The Richmond Art Museum - Virginia
The Academy of Arts and Letters
The Hosanna Fund
The Encyclopedia Britannica Collections
International Business Machines
The Syracuse Museum - New Yorkto
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Artist: Louis Bosa
Boat Dock, Dark Night Seascape, 20th Century Italian-American Artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
Boat Dock
Oil on board
Signed lower left, gallery label verso
15.5 x 19.5 inches
21.25 x 25.25 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only...
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Late 20th Century Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
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To Market, Two Italian Priests on Bicycle with Birds in Cage
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
To Market
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
20 x 24.25 inches
27.75 x 32.75 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few miles from Ve...
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Late 20th Century Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Viveros, 20th Century European Street Scene, Italian Town Landscape
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
Viveros
Oil on masonite
Signed lower left and verso
17.75 x 35.5 inches
25.75 x 43.75 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few mi...
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20th Century Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
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Fishing Wharf, Rockport, Massachusetts Scene w/ People
Boats
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
Fishing Wharf Rockport
Oil on masonite
Signed lower left, signed
titled verso
12 x 16 inches
18 x 22 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small ...
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Late 20th Century Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century Bucks County Colorful Landscape Painting, Italian artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905–1981)
Bucks County, 1934
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
17.5 x 21.5 inches
25.5 x 29 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a f...
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1930s Expressionist Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Skinny Dippers, 20th Century Landscape, Swimming Family, Italian Artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
Skinny Dippers
Oil on board
Signed lower right
15.5 x 20 inches
21.25 x 25.5 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few miles from ...
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1960s Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Wagons, Bucks County, PA 20th Century Farm Landscape
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905–1981)
Two Wagons, Bucks County, PA, 1934
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
20 x 24 inches
30 x 34 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small villag...
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1930s Expressionist Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,400 Sale Price
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Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
Large oil on canvas genre painting depicting laborers working on a railroad, with rural landscape in the...
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1940s American Realist Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th century painting of monks in Venice, Italian pink figural work
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (Italian-American, 1905–1981)
Island of the Monks, c. 1930
Oil on masonite
Signed lower right
14 x 24 inches
23 x 33 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only...
Category
1930s Expressionist Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moody Beach Scene, Surreal Mid-Century Figurative Familial Scene Italian Artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981)
The Beach, c. 1960
Oil on board
Signed lower left
11.75 x 19.5 inches
20 x 28 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few miles fro...
Category
1960s Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rockport, Massachusetts Seascape, Cape Ann, Shoreline, Italian American Artist
By Louis Bosa
Located in Beachwood, OH
Louis Bosa (American, 1905, 1981)
Rockport , 1971
Oil on Masonite
Signed lower right, signed, dated and titled verso
10 x 16 inches
17 x 23 inches, framed
Born in Codroipo, a small ...
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1970s Louis Bosa Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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