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John Califano (IL,CA,Italy,1862-1946) oil painting antique

Sold for $360 at Broward Auction Gallery LLC on Mar 17, 2024.

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ARTIST: John Califano (Illinois, California, Italian, 1862 - 1946) TITLE: Girl Filling Jugs MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Some repaired tears and punctures. Some paint losses. Few faint scratches. Some stable craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. ART SIZE: 24 x 16 inches / 60 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: 28 x 20 inches / 71 x 50 cm SIGNATURE: lower left NAME VARIANTS: Giovanni Califano CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 128344 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born December 5, 1862 in Rome, where he was a student of Domenico Morelli, John Edmund Califano became a landscape artist, especially noted for his scenes of California and Italy. In 1881, he came to the United States and lived in Chicago until 1908. By 1915, he was in San Francisco and spent the last years of his life in Van Nuys, where he died on June 15, 1946. Califano exhibited in Naples, Italy in 1880, receiving a gold medal, as well as showing at the Art Institute of Chicago, in 1907; and the National Academy of Design, New York City, 1897-99.

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