How do you know your painting is by Amerigo Tamburrini? That doesn't appear to be his signature. Debora
Subject is wearing US Navy Ensign’s full dress white uniform. He appears to be wearing pilot’s wings. Not sure if naval aviators are normally so designated while ensigns, thought they normally made the next grade, LT (jg) before earning their wings.
It not something new that artists signed their works differently during different stages of their careers. Plus, the painting technique matches Amerigo’s. But I could be wrong.
This Naples auction house deals with a lot of his work; perhaps they'd be worth contacting. https://www.vincentgalleria.it Debora
Totally not important to the OP, but does anyone know anything about this guy's bio (other than birth-death)? I started looking because I was curious and now I'm looking because I can't find anything.
Not a bio, but he’s listed here. https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VII_Quadriennale_nazionale_d'arte_di_Roma Sorry, it’s not translated.
Here is a bio in Italian. From what I can understand he was influenced by Luigi Crisconio. But with google translation you can’t get a fully understanding text. http://www.marcianoarte.com/galleria/tamburrini-amerigo-la-moglie-del-pittore
Thanks for checking... but sadly, he's just one of the many listed, no individual page for him. Then again, there are lots of artists on that page with no individual pages. I guess that's just life in the art lane.
I'm not sure how much there is to find about him. But with a little work, one could put some facts together I suppose. A regional artist. He had a long career and worked as both a sculptor and painter. Did landscapes, still lives and portraits (of which his landscapes are the most successful artistically.) He must have been quite prolific because there's a lot of his work out there. Here's link to a 1933 regional guide and his name is one on a long list of artist's working in Naples at that time. https://books.google.com/books?id=d...QIARAB#v=onepage&q=amerigo tamburrini&f=false Debora
Well found! And note portrait is "The Painter's Wife." https://translate.google.com/transl...rini-amerigo-la-moglie-del-pittore&edit-text= Debora
Well done! To me, reading the google translate version sounds like the only thing the writer knew about the artist was extrapolated from paintings (and a couple of notes from show catalogues).
