Santa Maria Church Venice Tom Sgovio Drawing Colored & Signed Pencil Print Litho

Description: Tom Sgovio Drawing Hand Colored & Signed Pencil Print Church Santa Maria Venice There are light marks on the matte. About 20x16 w/ matte. About 10.5 x 16" inside matte. This was obtained from the estate of Tom Sgovio in Mesa, Arizona. I have several of these prints available depicting different landscapes. This is a more rare one as he is most know for his art work from Gulag and his landscape work in New York. This matted colored litho pencil print was executed by one Thomas Sgovio , a Buffalo , NY artist born to Italian immigrants. His father was a Communist sympathizer and agitator and thus eventually deported to the USSR, where young Thomas followed him in 1935. He studied art there as well but eventually became disenchanted with the Communist regime and tried to regain a passport that he had earlier given up. As a result, he was ultimately arrested by the NKVD and after several stints in various prisons eventually landed in the Gulag at Kolyma. He survived the hard labor and deplorable conditions for 16 years, his artistic talents most likely helping him throughout. He finally was able to make his way back to the United States, resuming his artistic endeavors, marrying and raising a family and also writing a book, "Dear America! Why I Turned Against Communism". He was a prolific artist and chronicled much of his gulag experience in drawings and paintings, many of which are now in a collection at Stanford University. Once back in his native Buffalo, he also rendered many illustrations of well known city landmarks. He died in 1997 in Arizona. If you go on the internet, there is quite a lot of information about this remarkable and talented artist. Buyers who abuse EBay's Buyer Protection Program will be reported. 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Price: 125 USD

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

End Time: 2024-12-09T02:12:00.000Z

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