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Walter Lazzaro (1914 - 1989) "Baracca Nella Sila" (Shack in Sila) Oil on Masonite. This painting is artist hand signed and dated 1958 on the lower right, and inscribed "Villaggio Mancuso" on the lower left corner. La Sila, also simply Sila, is the name of the mountainous plateau and historic region located in Calabria, southern Italy. The Sila National Park is known to have the purest air in Europe. Walter was the son of an art teacher and he was well known in the USA for numerous religious art works which he created along with his father. He was attending the art school in Rome, where later he was working as a headmaster (until 1939). In 1942 he was awarded at the XXIII Biennale of Venice and he was invited to the National Quadrennial of Rome. From 1935 he was a movie and theatrical actor. During the war, as a lieutenant of grenadiers, Lazarus was deported to the prisoner-of-war camp in Poland, where he was drawing portraits of officers in an exchange for food. He never signed his drawings as he was afraid of being captured. Many of his paintings depict the great suffering which he experienced in the camp. In fact, on many drawings, he wrote "hunger ... hunger”. Others depict a sort of hope to leave the camp one day. After the war, back in Italy, he was actively teaching art, he was also painting. In 1956 he founded the "Poets-Painters Movement." He would later become an art expert at the Roman Court and teach Painting at Rome, Carrara, Bologna, Milano-Brera and founded the art Liceo in Novara. Together with Carlo Carrà, Funi, Guidi, Ordavo and Pieraccini he would found the Settimana d’arte (week of art) in Versilia (Later named Marguttiana), an event that still exists today. At the beginning of his career, he was influenced by the Roman School, then he created his own, poetic world of "silence". It is not a surprise that Lionello Venturi called him: "The metaphysical artist of silence". His unique iconography depicts deserted beaches and abandoned boats, umbrellas and chairs, changing cabins in white-blue stripes, immersed in a metaphysical waiting, during which, according to words of De Chirico says, "We feel the subtle presence of life which is silent, we feel the silent life, but this silence can say so many things, which, usually, you cannot hear". Artist: Walter Lazzaro; Title: "Baracca Nella Sila"; Medium: Oil on Masonite; Circa/Year: 1958; Signature Type: Hand Signed; Signature Location: Lower Right; Site Measurement: 11.75in x 15.75in; Keywords: Italian, landscape; Ref: BD1175

  • Provenance: From the estate of a prominent Phoenix art collector. This piece contains an original biography label in Italian on the reverse which includes the title as well as a biography of Walter Lazzaro. In addition the details included are consistent with his contact information and address in Rome at that time. Research online will validate that other documents produced by Lazarro also include the same address and phone number dating to that time frame and location in Rome. One document in particular resides in the La Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.
  • Dimensions: 16in x 20.25in
  • Medium: Oil on Masonite
  • Circa: 1958
  • Condition: This piece is in great condition, with signs of minor wear commensurate with age. Please see the photos for details.

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