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Perini,
Edmond "Functional Impressionism" Original 140 lb hot press paper Watercolor
entitled "White Hall"
painted on July 1, 1989.
Signature in ink on bottom left. Retired
civil servant in 1968. English artist and art tutor studied
with Percy Bradshaw and Hayward Veal. Winner of many
prizes and awards. Works in Borough Libraries and Museums in
London and in private collections. Penciled writing by the
artist on the reverse which mentions his paralysis causing
his hands to shake and not being able to stand on his feet. Image Size
7-1/4" W x 11" H..
Unframed & Unmatted. $249.99 + S&H
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Handwriting: "Whitehall - painted on
7.1.89 at the peak (sp) of my paralysis - hands shaking and without
factility (sp). Unable to stand on my feet."
EDMUND PERINI 1922 - 1991
Edmund Perini retired in 1968 as a
senior civil servant dealing in the gray area of espionage on behalf of
the British Intelligence Service. This period of his life is clouded in
mystery linked to the romantic world of mayhem and madness of war.
After Retirement, he practiced as a
painter and arts tutor studying with Percy Bradshaw of the Press Arts
School London and at the Heatherly School of Art London.
He regularly exhibited at
International art exhibitions winning a gold medal prize award in 1974 for
flower painting in the Britain Water Color Exhibition at the City
Guildhall and Arts Club, Winner of the Portrait Competition in 1977 and
Oil Trophy South Eastern and International Federation of Art Society 1981
Annual Exhibition.
His works are collected by Libraries
and Museums throughout Engalnd and many are in select private collections.
Like so many
artists whose work in their lifetime was virtually unknown, the genius of
Edmund Perini is characterized by a visionary element of bold color
exploding in liquid form presenting a composition of fragmentation coupled
with a corresponding search for form. He painted in a furious brush stroke
that is shattering, calming but in the end triumphant in the artists
observation of time and place.
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