Giuseppe Napoli

Giuseppe Napoli (1929-1969) was a Mid-Century Modernist of the New York School. Living throughout most of the 1950's and 60's in Greenwich Village in a small studio space where he was discovered by legendary dealer Phillip A. Bruno and Hans Hofmann, the guru of the Abstract Expressionists, and became a beloved and talented member of that influential group of artists. Unafraid to experiment in both the Modernist-Representational style as well as the completely Abstract Expressionist style, he created a strong body of work typical of his period in New York. Unfortunately, Napoli suffered from Depression and would experience severe mood swings, which filled his career-path with roadblocks. None-the-less, he had over 25 one man shows and participated in numerous group shows at some the most progressive galleries of his era, including Roko, Staempfli, Downtown Gallery, Zabriskie, Albert Landry, Delacorte, Alan, Morris, Korman, Paula Insel, Howard Wise and Ellison, showed internationally in Paris, Milan and Rome, and won a two-year Fullbright to study in Italy with one of his mentors, Morandi. His explosive life was tragically cut short by suicide in 1969, ending a short but brilliant career as a painter, sculptor and collagist. After Napoli's death, much of his finest work was preserved intact by an avid collector until it's recent release. --©Bruce Palmer Galleries New York