Patrick Romelli Oil Painting of Church "Immaculata"

Item Details

Patrick Romelli (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1940 – 2023)
Immaculata
Oil on canvas
Signed to lower right
Labeled to verso

A native Cincinnatian, Patrick Romelli (1940-2023) had enjoyed a rather successful commercial illustration career/business before he decided to expand his creative
boundaries and started painting with oils. Oil painting allowed him the freedom of
emotion and artistic expression that his professional subjects did not.
Romelli is an Impressionist painter. But what does that mean exactly, especially
considering the contemporary context? Impressionist painting, in the simplest of terms,
is a painting that is able to describe the sense of something without actually depicting it
in detail. For instance, you can get the sense of looking at Monet’s Water Lily paintings
that the plants are floating in a pond without the artist actually painting water lilies. You
get the impression of them. While the Impressionist Movement was one of the most
influential artistic developments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (and arguably
ever), many artists today still paint in the Impressionist style. Like an impressionist
painter of years past, he understands light. The way he captures the light gives life to
each painting. Romelli paints a variety of Cincinnati subjects close to his heart – Union
Station, horse racing, and musicians. He also paints Italian landscapes.

Condition

- dust accumulation; light handling wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 17.5" W x 23.5" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

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Item #

ITMGP37930