HAND SIGNED GICLEE ON MOUNTED CANVAS. CUSTOM FRAMED IN A GOLD WOOD FRAME WITH A LINEN LINER. Guido Borelli was born in 1952, in Caluso (Italy) at the foothills of the Italian Alps. He displayed an artistic talent from a very early age and discovered painting when he was 4 years old. Encouraged by his paternal uncle and aunt, who were painters, and by his grandfather, who was a woodcarver and furniture maker, Guido studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin. At the young age of 13, he won his first painting contest and at 17, he had his first personal exhibit at the Ars Plauda Gallery in Turin, after which he showcased his art around the world; Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Holland, Kenya, Malta, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay.

"Since July 14th, 1977 - says Guido - I paint no less than 10 hours a day. I paint directly on the canvas, using a brush... I use at least 100 brushes of different shapes and measures. I buy them in Italy, Germany, Cambodia, and Chicago and then I transform them by hand using sepia paper and cutter". His oil colors come from an ancient artisan manufacture in Tuscany.

Guido’s painting style is influenced by the Italian realistic painters of the beginning of the 1900s, especially by the artists Boldini and De Nittis. "I'm - jokes Guido - a 'sembrista' (a seemist painter). The realism, that I reproduce on canvas, comes from a real thing that I then transform by painting the memory of it that has remained in my mind. The ability to perform stems from constant exercise and - as I said - I paint 10 hours a day". Guido's oil paintings depict Italian landscapes, homes, and villas of most beloved Italian cities and towns, but also portraits. “I am a true lover of nature - Guido explains - and of everything gentle”.

“During 40 years of paintings - he says - countless things have happened, some more serious than others, all connected to an exhibition or event. Each painting brings to unimaginable outcomes”. As it happened to his painting of a fishing shop that became a Ravensburger puzzle; or one of his stairways with flowers that was chosen to decorate a restaurant in a Fox tv-series ‘Linda From HR’ last year; or his painting of the school ship Amerigo Vespucci which travelled on two cruises and was seen by 2 millions People (the painting now hangs in the admiralty at the Maddalena, Sardinia); not to mention the 3-year-long tournee which he did between Europe and Africa or the Key of Wilmington (Delaware) that was donated to him for his 15 years of work done in that city.

HAND SIGNED LIMITED EDITION GICLEE. CUSTOM FRAMED IN A WIDE GOLD WOOD FRAME. Edition Size 375. This is #1/375! Frame is in excellent condition, but is not New and has minor scratches (please see details in supplied images). Guido Borelli (1952- ) was born in Caluso, Italy. He received his art training at Accademia Albertina, in Turin. Borelli currently resides in Northern Italy. His private collectors are many of the world’s most important and influential People, including; President Jimmy Carter, Kevin Costner, Jack Nicholson, and Oprah Winfrey.

Inspired by the movement of shadows, Guido's oil paintings reflect nature as their focal point depicting Italian landscapes, homes and villas of Northern Italy and the Alps. His paintings are a wonderful combination of traditional styles and yet feel very contemporary, very today. They are infused with a Romantic light, rich with Impressionist brushwork and color sensibility. These paintings must be seen, must be experienced, and must be appreciated.

HAND SIGNED. CUSTOM FRAMED IN A SCROLLED FRAME AND DOUBLE MATTED.

Mark St. John was born in London. He was educated at the Royal College of Art in London as well as the Academy of Fine Art in Berlin and the Academy of Cinematic and Graphic Art in Berlin. He paints romantic images of Paris, New York, and other cities, though he has a particular affinity for Paris. St. John's work is shown in a number of galleries throughout the United States, including the Ambassador Galleries in New York City and the Hork Galleries in Chicago, Illinois.

HAND SIGNED & NUMBERED SERIGRAPH. CUSTOM FRAMED IN BLACK WITH A DOUBLE MAT.

Davis Cone is the celebrated American realist artist who has chosen Art Deco movie theatres as his only subject. His meticulous chronicles of these icons of American life are included in virtually every important collection of contemporary American representational art. A native of Augusta, Georgia, Davis Cone began exhibiting regionally in 1977. By 1981, his work was shown in Tokyo, Lisbon, Madrid and Nuremberg in addition to many American cities. Davis Cone’s first one-person exhibition was at OK Harris Works of Art in New York in 1979; ten solo New York exhibitions have followed, as has the exhibition Theatre Paintings 1977-1983 at the Georgia Museum of Art (Athens) and the Hunter Museum of Art (Chattanooga, TN). Davis Cone’s works were included in the landmark touring exhibition, Contemporary American Realism since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) and in many subsequent group exhibitions, including the 2009 Shock of the Real – photorealism revisited at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

Davis Cone’s paintings have been the subject of two published books, Hollywood on Main Street by Linda Chase (The Overlook Press, 1988) and Popcorn Palaces: The Art Deco Theatre Paintings of Davis Cone by Michael Kinerk and Dennis Wilhelm (Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2001). Davis Cone joined Forum Gallery in 2000.