Antonio Vangelli, Circus, Mixed Media, 1998

Circus is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli in 1998. Original mixed media and oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed on the lower left corner by the artist: Vangelli. Titled, hand-signed and dated by the artist on the back of the canvas: Circo Vangelli 1998. Excellent conditions. Colorful abstract composition depicting two figures of animals, maybe horses or elephants, that allude to the circus games. The atmosphere is joyful and the space seems to be full of colored carnival confettis. It is a merry composition that allude to the fantastic circus world, typical of the whole work and poetics of this Italian contemporary artist. "Antonio Vangelli's painting has always seemed to be touched by this particular kind of grace: a perennial research for the visual and musical accord between signs and colors, between ringing notes and more restful peaceful traits, between nervous thrills of the pictorial gesture and great quiet". This contemporary work has been realized by Antonio Vangelli (Rome, 1917 - Rome, 2003), an Italian painter and artist. Under his father and his brothers, he began his career in painting in 1938. In 1943, he took part to the IV Quadrenniale of National Art at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. He matured in the "Roman School" from 1943 together with the painters Giulio Turcato and Emilio Vedova. His exhibition activity began in 1943 with his participation in the IV Quadrenniale of National Art. In 1948 he was present at the V Quadrenniale of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome for the "National Review of Figurative Arts". In 1953, he exhibited in Rome at Palazzo Venezia for the Marzotto Prize. In 1961, he exhibited at the "Le jardin des arts" art gallery in Rome; in 1965, he was present at the IX National Quadrenniale of Art in Rome at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni.