Salvatore Zofrea b. 1946 Borgia, Italy

  • Artist
Contemporary painter and printmaker
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Salvatore Zofrea
Birth date
1946
Birth place
Borgia, Italy
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Arrival
  • 1956
Languages
  • English
Training
  • 1961- 1966 H.V. Justelius
  • Sydney Art School, NSW
  • 1961- 1965 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

painter and printmaker, born Borgia, Italy; came to Australia in 1956 and studied at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School and with H.V. Justelius 1961-66. Travelled to Europe and UK in 1971. Mainly painter of portraits and large religious and mythical pictures, has also done frescoes and prints, including An Odyssey 1992, AGNSW (portfolio of 21 woodcuts, all but one used to illustrate Sally McInerney (intro. David Malouf) and Zofrea’s The Journeyman: A story of migrant life (Picador 1992).

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
H. V. Justelius
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
None
Courtesy of: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
The Garter
Medium
Oil on board
33 x 29cm
Collections
Citations:
  • Kolenberg, Hendrik; Ryan, Anne, (2000), Salvatore Zofrea : appassionata : one hundred woodcuts, (Place: Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales)
  • McInerney, Sally & Zofrea, Salvatore, (1992), The Journeyman : a story of migrant life, (introduction by David Malouf Place: Sydney : Picador)
  • Waldman, Anna, (March 1982), 'Salvatore Zofrea', (Place: Sydney, NSW : Art & Australia, Volume 19 (March).)
  • McCulloch, Alan; & McCulloch, Susan, (1994), Encyclopedia of Australian art, (Place: St Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin (3rd revised edition))
  • Claire, S.; & Waldman, A., (1983), Salvatore Zofrea, (Place: Sydney : Hale & Iremonger)