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Edward Eugene Boccia

Edward Eugene Boccia (1921 - 2012) was active/lived in Missouri, New York / Italy.  Edward Boccia is known for Expressionist figure and large scale triptych painting.

Biography
 
The post war Italian American painter Edward E. Boccia was born 1921 New Jersey –Died 2012 St. Louis, Missouri.

Edward E. Boccia was an American painter who is best known for his large-scale panel painting depicting contemporary life and religious iconography. The artist whose work is often described as expressionist was a classically trained painter with roots in the Italian renaissance but a distinctly modern aesthetic. He taught at the Washington University in St. Louis for over 30 years and served as a Dean at the Columbus Art School where he taught in the “Bauhaus method.”

A member of the covert Ghost Army, Boccia served in WW II and was a favorite of the prestigious art collector Morton D. May, the top American collector of German Expressionism. Primarily figural, Boccia’s style appears to be different from the contemporary Abstract Expressionist movement of the mid-century, however the gestural quality and scale sh   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11801 characters.]  Artist bio

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