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Hollywood Art - Located in front of Banana Republic
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Nano Campeggi |
At the invitation of
the Uffizi Gallery and the Pitti Palace, we spent last
September in Italy doing research on the Italian
Futurists.
We also had the fortune to
become friends with Florence’s greatest
living artist.
You likely haven’t heard the name Nano Campeggi, but
you’ll instantly recognize his work – he has illustrated
the posters for
over 3000 mid 20th Century movies –
64
of them Oscar winners! |
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Remember the 4 white
chariot stallions bursting from the Ben Hur
poster?
That’s Campeggi! Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh embracing
while
Atlanta burns in Gone With The Wind? Campeggi!
Casablanca? An
American in Paris? Exodus? Gigi? West
Side Story? All Campeggi!!! |
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Now here’s the
exciting part –
His original portrait
illustrations for many of the works
are being
released for sale!
As a prelude to an upcoming Campeggi Exhibition, we'll
be showing some of these at
Toronto's oldest antiques event, The Summer Antiques
Sale at Sherway Gardens.
Hope to see you there! |
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Joanne Bergen
& Rick Roberts
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