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Artist: Grau (Signed, lower right) Title: Archway to Borgunto Medium: Oil on Canvas

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Artist: Grau (Signed, lower right) Title: Archway to Borgunto Medium: Oil on Canvas
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Artist: Grau (Signed, lower right)
Title: Archway to Borgunto
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 40" x 30" (framed)
Style: European Impressionist Street Scene
Estimated Date: Mid to Late 20th Century

This charming oil on canvas by the artist "Grau" captures a romanticized Italian streetscape, looking through a sunlit archway marked “Borgunto” into a hillside village nestled in the distance. Framed by richly textured buildings adorned with signage for local cafes and shops—including “Caffè Express” and “Prodotti Spezia”—the work evokes the warmth and nostalgia of small-town life in Tuscany or Liguria.

Grau’s impressionist style blends loose brushstrokes and vivid palette work to build layers of texture, with blooming magenta bougainvillea drawing the viewer’s gaze into the archway and toward the distant villas beyond. The composition balances rustic architectural detail with a soft, atmospheric background, offering both decorative appeal and painterly quality.

Artist Bio (Attributed):
The name "Grau" has been associated with a number of mid-century European artists, many of whom produced popular tourist and gallery works in Italy, Spain, and France. These vibrant town scenes were often sold to North American travelers in the 1950s–1980s and continue to be highly collectible for their color, romantic charm, and skilled technique.