Alfano Dardari Trompe-l’œil Painting

Alfano Dardari (1924-1988)

Red Roses & Cigarette

Oil on canvas, unstretched, signed 

16 inches by 12 inches

Alfano Alfredo Dardari was an Italian surrealist painter who painted trompe-l’œil - to fool the eye, still life paintings, often with a cigarette and burnt match. He was also very fond of painting clowns.