ArtSpotlight

Marco Bronzini
Painter

Marco Bronzini's love of his native Provence and his passion for classical music and Italian Opera are reflected in the vivid colors and the sensuous lines of his paintings.

 

In 1973, at age 16, Bronzini began a three year period of study under the watchful eye of the British sculptor and Royal Academician John Skeaping, (1901-1980). While in residence at Skeaping's home in Provence he studied painting, sculpture, (stone carving and clay modeling), and encountered artists such as Henry Moore, a lifelong friend of Skeaping, and Barbara Hepworth, Skeaping's first wife. In 1975 he was awarded a four-year scholarship to the Royal Academy of Arts in London, which gave him the opportunity to get instruction by renowned British Artists, Peter Greenham, Robert Buhler and Ruskin Spear and visiting artist David Hockney. He fulfilled his military commitment in France in 1978, as was compulsory, and completed his final year at the Academy in 1980.

 

Bronzini has lived and worked in Germany, England, Scotland, France and the United States. His paintings are found in many private collections including: The Paul Mellon collections, The Astor family, The Marks (Marks & Spencer) family, The Guinness and The Bulmer families. He is fondly mentioned in John Skeaping's auto-biography "Drawn from Life".

 

His work is contained in the permanent collections of the Cornell Museum of Fine Arts, Orlando, Florida, and the Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, Florida.

Selected Exhibitions

• The Essex Gallery - Far Hills, New Jersey

• Royal Academy of Arts - London, England

• The Center Street Gallery - Winter Park, Florida

• Gilpin Gallery - Alexandria, Virginia

• Curzon Gallery - Boca Raton, Florida

• Naples Art Gallery - Naples, Florida

• Hurlbutt Gallery - Greenwich, Connecticut

• NY Warehouse Exhibition - Naples, Florida

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