National Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Artist Remo Bramanti (1923-1998) at Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco through August 2004

This premiere retrospective exhibition at the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco, CA of artwork from the Estate of Italian-American Artist Remo Bramanti (1923-1998) is comprised of over 33 paintings and works on paper, created during the middle years of the 20th century and records the artists journey from realism to Abstract Expressionism.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 4, 2004 -- This premiere retrospective exhibition at the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco, CA of artwork from the Estate of Italian-American Artist Remo Bramanti (1923-1998) is comprised of over 33 paintings and works on paper, created during the middle years of the 20th century and records the artists journey from realism to Abstract Expressionism.

The Museo ItaloAmericano is honored to publicly exhibit this collection for the first time, a significant number of paintings and works on paper from Bramantis extensive body of work, with the confident expectation that this exhibition and catalogue will bring Bramantis legacy and artistic talent to the forefront and to the attention of the fine art world that it deserves.

The exhibition of an extensive number of Bramantis paintings and works on paper has been made possible due to the Museo being given access to a significant collection of Remo Bramantis work. In 2001, the artists estate was purchased in its entirety by West Coast art collector and investor, Anne Keshen, with the intention of maintaining the integrity of the collection and the artist, preserving his legacy, and more importantly, to invigorate the art worlds interest in the paintings of this singularly talented artist.

As a painter & creative influence in both fine art and American pop culture, Remo Bramantis career and life journey took two simultaneous paths to acclaim. He enjoyed a career as a painter with equal talents in abstract expressionism and realism and in the commercial world as a much sought after graphic artist, illustrator and designer. His paintings in photo-realism display the technical skill Bramanti had in creating life like" images of both the human form and landscapes, reflecting his rich Italian heritage, life in New York in the early to mid 20th century and his abundant travels.

It is Remo Bramantis works and influences as a painter that is the focus of this exhibition. Remo Bramanti: American Perspectives, traces the development of his youthful works through his years as an Abstract Expressionist painter in New York in the 1940s - 1960s. The exhibit displays works from the years of Bramantis greatest productivity, from his American Scene Painting period of the late 1930s to his evocative abstract paintings. Bramanti maintained his studio in Greenwich Village in New York and was an active participant in the abstract expressionism movement as it evolved in the United States.

Bramanti pursued his fine art while gaining a reputation as a leading graphic artist and illustrator, engaged to do portraits, album and book covers of such popular music icons as singers Bobby Darin, James Brown, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry and Jacques Brel. His private portrait commissions include film director Woody Allen. He also did the cover art for the book from the musical of the 60s pop culture phenomenon Hair" and served as the artistic designer for many well know publications on far reaching topics. In 1987, the American Lung Association invited Bramanti to create its annual Breath for Life designs and he was also the artist invited to create the National Christmas seal in the mid 1980s. Artistic Luminaries such as Norman Rockwell and Rockwell Kent have also designed the United States Christmas Seals and Bramanti is the only artist invited to have this honor for three consecutive years.

An Exhibition catalogue is available with a critical essay by Robert A. Whyte, Curator Emeritus, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco. The exhibition and catalogue have been made possible in part thanks to the support of Retail Enterprise Group, Inc. and Tallen & Keshen Holdings, commercial real estate investments.

For more information, please contact Ms. Linda Sturdevant at 310-859-4633 or linda@retailenterprisegroup.com or visit www.museoitaloamericano.org or www.RemoBramanti.com.

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