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Beninati’s vivid imagery has blossomed into a painting that comes alive on canvas.
“The Champions” honors the 62 Italian American boxing titalists dating back to the first champ Gaspare Leone (1894) to the 1980’s and lightweight Vinny Pazienza. What sets this painting apart from the rest is quite historical. The evolution of time from Ellis Island through Prohibition, the radio and television ages of the 40’s and 50’s to the brutal wars of Vietnam. Finally, the painting returns full circle to the progress of the space age and NASA’s Challenger missions amid the glow of the Statue of Liberty.
A focal point of the painting depicts Rocky Marciano with his championship belt draped across his shoulders and the words “The Champions” emblazoned on it. Separately, the 61 other boxers are chronicled by the decade and the time periods in American history are neatly woven in between. Names like Tony Canzoneri, Primo Camera, Willie Pep, Jake LaMotta, Joey Giardello, Rocky Graziano and Boom Boom Mancini are just a few of the ring legends chronicled in this keepsake painting.
Carlo Beninati's first Italian American painting entitled “The
Legends”. Names such as Joe DiMaggio, Vince Lombardi, Eddie Arcaro were just a few on this masterpiece. This lithograph of sports heroes has been displayed in such distinguished places as the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Also, prominent corporate giants, like automobile czar Lee lacocca, ex-Italian Prime Minister Sandro Pertini and entertainer Frank Sinatra, have this work of art hanging in their
homes and personal offices.
Beninati has been commissioned by numerous celebrities, Fortune 500 companies and noteworthy government agencies.
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