Antonio Sbrana (1934) - Natura Morta

Oil on canvas painting in the Macchiaiolo school by Antonio Sbrana, the sole painting measures 50 cm in width and 70 cm in height, with its frame measuring 60 cm in width and 80 cm in height. It depicts a still life with brushstrokes typical of the Macchiaioli movement developed in Tuscany (Italy).
The work includes a wooden frame as a courtesy. The frame visible in the photo is included as a courtesy and does not constitute an integral part of the work. Any damage to the frame is not valid grounds for complaints or cancellation of the order.
Antonio Sbrana is an artist belonging to the post-Macchiaioli current.
Antonio Sbrana was born in 1934 in Maremma and spent most of his life there.
Sbrana graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and soon after founded the Group Toscana Arte G. Macchi; subsequently he participated in the Accademia Tiberina of Rome and the Accademia del Fiorino of Florence.
The Painter Antonio Sbrana then undertakes a path of apprenticeship in which he learns better technique and the use of colors calibrated together with mastery of tonal transitions and the skilled representation of the background in his paintings.
During his career Antonio Sbrana has held many solo exhibitions in the main cities of Italy. Moreover Sbrana obtained important recognitions and prizes in the art world, including:
Premio Città di Messina,
1st Biennale of San Leo,
Premio Città di Capannori,
3rd Concorso Cavalieri del Tau Altopascio,
8th Concorso Città Eterna Roma
1st Premio Vallechiara Pisa,
2nd Rassegna d’Arte Barbarasco di Tresana,
Premio Città di Viareggio,
These recognitions allow us to observe the public and critical interest in the artist.
We can find Antonio Sbrana’s Works present in private collections in all the states of the world: United States, Italy, England, Scotland, Africa, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Austria, Switzerland.
CRITICS ON SBRANA THE PAINTER
“He is a sunny painter, a painter of bright mixtures, of immediate solutions, of sudden horizons that open up on typically Tuscan hills. Sbrana’s painting reads by itself, it speaks of a world that surrounds us, of ancient things, of flavors paired with things.”

(Bruno Cosignani)

“Sbrana distills for us his liqueur, the elixir of good things.”

(Raffaello Bertoli)
EXHIBITIONS OF ANTONIO SBRANA
The artist Antonio Sbrana has held many solo shows in various Italian cities:

Genova, Grosseto, Pisa, Montopoli Val d’Arno, Pavia, Florence, Lucca, Viterbo, Montignoso, Larderello, Sasso d’Ombrone, La Spezia, Viterbo, Sarzana, Como, Milan, Venice, Saturnia.