This painting by Michael Aviano features a marble sculpture and flowers in a vase. Aviano's work is reminiscent of old masters, and the painting is absolutely stunning in person. It measures 28" by 40" including the frame. Both the painting and frame are in excellent condition.

Michael Aviano's passion for art began as a child in New York City. In the 1940s, he was accepted to the Art Students League, where the school director was so impressed by his talent that he immediately enrolled him in Frank J. Reilly’s painting class, to which it often took years to gain entrance. During his time at the Art Students League, Michael received annual scholarships and awards for his excellence in painting.

Michael Aviano began exhibiting his work in New York in the 1960s, and after building a reputation as an outstanding portrait and still life painter, his work was exhibited in the Grand Central Art Galleries, the country’s premier gallery of American Realism. His work was shown alongside such masters as Emil Carlsen, John Singer Sargent, George Innes and William Merritt Chase.

Michael is considered one of the pre-eminent classical realism painters working today. His larger works can take up to three years to reach their conclusion.