About this Work
Twelfth Woman with a Shawl
2010Acrylic on linen canvas with Soluvar varnish40 x 30 inchesGift of the artist
CollectionPermanent Collection
On display atOn Loan to the Italian Consulate
About the Artist
American
b. 1933 San Francisco, CaliforniaLar Landa is a figurative painter who lives in Healdsburg, CA. He attended Columbia University, Università degli Studi di Firenze and Stanford University, where he received a B.A. in art in 1955. He has served with the Board of Directors for the California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, and the Sonoma Arts Council.The vivid images he creates are drawn from his extensive travels, childhood memories, Italian heritage, and classical studies. His works reflect his interest in theatre, psychology, personal and folk symbolism. His paintings and sculpture have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere. His work is in private collections worldwide. Mr. Landa continues to find new inspiration from his frequent travels to Mexico, Italy and elsewhere in Europe. In 2006, the Museo Italo Americano featured a major retrospective of his art: “Carnivale/50 Years.”
b. 1933 San Francisco, CaliforniaLar Landa is a figurative painter who lives in Healdsburg, CA. He attended Columbia University, Università degli Studi di Firenze and Stanford University, where he received a B.A. in art in 1955. He has served with the Board of Directors for the California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, and the Sonoma Arts Council.The vivid images he creates are drawn from his extensive travels, childhood memories, Italian heritage, and classical studies. His works reflect his interest in theatre, psychology, personal and folk symbolism. His paintings and sculpture have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere. His work is in private collections worldwide. Mr. Landa continues to find new inspiration from his frequent travels to Mexico, Italy and elsewhere in Europe. In 2006, the Museo Italo Americano featured a major retrospective of his art: “Carnivale/50 Years.”
