About The Artist:
Joseph Collazzi
Joseph Collazzi (1914 - 1989). An Italian American artist who immigrated to the Bronx in 1932, and was prominent in the New England states in the 1930's painting in the art deco style and his many fantasy landscapes. He studied art at the Leonardo da Vinci School of Fine Art in NYC and went on to the East Coast to paint his many country cottage scenes, covered bridges and autumn and winter scenes up into the 1940's. Little is known about him...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.