Salvatore Zofrea

Salvatore Zofrea
Birth name Salvatore Zofrea
Born 1946
Borgia, Italy
Nationality Australian
Field Painting, Drawing, Printmaker, Woodcuts
Training Julian Ashton School, Sydney
Awards
  • The Sulman Prize 1977, 1979 and 1982
    *Awarded title of Cavalieri (Knighthood) by the Italian Government in recognition of his contribution to art in Australia, 1995[1]

Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946) is an Italio-Australian artist and painter.[2]

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Life and work

Zofrea was born in Borgia, Italy in 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1956. He studied at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney, and privately with Henry V. Justelius[3]

He often draws on literary, historical and religious sources to develop intriguing tableaux and has three times been awarded Australia's most prestigious prize for a subject painting, the Sulman - in 1977, 1979 and 1982.[4] In 1981 he received the Power Bequest Grant to study in Paris for six months. In 1985 he was awarded the Churchill Scholarship to study fresco painting in Italy. His commissions include the acclaimed Sydney Morning Herald mural Justelius, the Power Studio in the Cite University, five panel mural for the State Bank of NSW, Sydney Opera House Fresco sponsored by Toshiba P/L in 1992, commissioned by the Dar≠ling Harbour Star City Casino in 1997, and a five panel mural "Celebration of Life - A Picnic at Clontarf" commissioned by the NRMA in 1998. Today, he is celebrated for his sensuous, expressionistic colour, and a richness of input from his imagination and experience.[2]

Paintings

Collections

Many private collections in Australia and abroad as well as some Australian university collections

References

  1. ^ Eva Breuer Art DealerSalvatore Zofrea Accessed 06-20-2008
  2. ^ a b Marlene Antico Fine ArtsZofrea Exhibition Accessed 06-20-2008
  3. ^ The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art
  4. ^ The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 1054

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