Salvatore Zofrea
| Salvatore Zofrea | |
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| Birth name | Salvatore Zofrea |
| Born |
1946 Borgia, Italy |
| Nationality |
 Australian |
| Field | Painting, Drawing, Printmaker, Woodcuts |
| Training | Julian Ashton School, Sydney |
| Patrons | italian government |
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Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946) is an Italio-Australian artist and painter.[2]
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. He has been named one of the best painters in Australia. 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 Darling 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]
Collections
Many private collections in Australia and abroad as well as some Australian university collections
- National Gallery of Australia and most state galleries
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Vatican Collection
References
- ↑ Eva Breuer Art DealerSalvatore Zofrea Accessed 06-20-2008
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marlene Antico Fine ArtsZofrea Exhibition Accessed 06-20-2008
- ↑ The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art
- ↑ The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 1054
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