Artist Salvatore Zofrea
Salvatore Zofrea
The body of work of the artist Salvatore Zofrea was influenced by many facets of his life experiences including his cultural background, places he visited and where he lives. His body of work can be understood when looking at the works “Picking Liliums” And “Smoko”.
Salvatore Zofrea is an Australian landscape artist born in the year 1946 in Borgia, Calabria Southern Italy, and migrated to Sydney during the 1950’s at the age of 10. Zofrea was the youngest of eight, as he grew up with hardworking parents that were landowners in their late 30’s and early 40’s. Zofrea would always dedicate his time in the church. His interest in art began at an early age. Where he was always inspired and influenced by the wonders of artworks that near his home in Italy he would collect clay from the nearby hills and spend hours trying to model it into the statues he’d see in churches. During the early ages of Zofrea, Italy at the time was in war; therefore many were unemployed, especially in Southern Italy. Because of the war, jobs were non-existent, and basic infrastructure, like paved roads, running water, sewage, and irrigation, were neglected. Schooling, also, was completely neglected and in some places just non-existent. Illiteracy rates were really high in a lot of southern villages, causing many people to migrate to Australia.
When Zofrea migrated from Italy to Australia in his early years, at the age of 10 it was a big change for him, as he experienced two diverse cultures, which influenced the way his art developed. Therefore through his experiences and the impact of the Australian culture and land, he worked in the tradition of the artist as a storyteller to portray his story into art form.
Zofrea depicts most of his artworks on various flora and fauna Australian landscapes and expresses the wonders of creation, by portraying most of his landscape artworks on the Australian culture to contrast with the land of Italy. In his artworks such as;
The body of work of the artist Salvatore Zofrea was influenced by many facets of his life experiences including his cultural background, places he visited and where he lives. His body of work can be understood when looking at the works “Picking Liliums” And “Smoko”.
Salvatore Zofrea is an Australian landscape artist born in the year 1946 in Borgia, Calabria Southern Italy, and migrated to Sydney during the 1950’s at the age of 10. Zofrea was the youngest of eight, as he grew up with hardworking parents that were landowners in their late 30’s and early 40’s. Zofrea would always dedicate his time in the church. His interest in art began at an early age. Where he was always inspired and influenced by the wonders of artworks that near his home in Italy he would collect clay from the nearby hills and spend hours trying to model it into the statues he’d see in churches. During the early ages of Zofrea, Italy at the time was in war; therefore many were unemployed, especially in Southern Italy. Because of the war, jobs were non-existent, and basic infrastructure, like paved roads, running water, sewage, and irrigation, were neglected. Schooling, also, was completely neglected and in some places just non-existent. Illiteracy rates were really high in a lot of southern villages, causing many people to migrate to Australia.
When Zofrea migrated from Italy to Australia in his early years, at the age of 10 it was a big change for him, as he experienced two diverse cultures, which influenced the way his art developed. Therefore through his experiences and the impact of the Australian culture and land, he worked in the tradition of the artist as a storyteller to portray his story into art form.
Zofrea depicts most of his artworks on various flora and fauna Australian landscapes and expresses the wonders of creation, by portraying most of his landscape artworks on the Australian culture to contrast with the land of Italy. In his artworks such as;