Celebration, Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990), c.1980s, serigraph, 22x30 in, signed & numbered 82/250, modernist still life
A vibrant limited-edition serigraph titled Celebration by Flavio Emanuel Cabral, numbered 82/250 and hand-signed in pencil. This 22 x 30 inch print exemplifies Cabral’s refined modernist still life aesthetic, combining Renaissance compositional balance with bold geometric abstraction. Published by Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery, the work reflects Cabral’s museum-exhibited legacy and mastery of poetic form.
Artwork Description
Celebration presents a stylized still life arranged upon a circular tabletop: two monumental vessels in violet and blue rise behind a dynamic green pitcher, while a sliced citrus, wine glass, and sculptural forms complete the composition. The forms interlock through curving planes and overlapping shapes, creating a rhythmic visual harmony.
This serigraph, edition 82/250, is signed Flavio Cabral in pencil lower right. The sheet measures approximately 22 x 30 inches with deckled edges. The layered screenprinting technique produces saturated, opaque color fields—deep ultramarine, violet, emerald, citrus yellow, and earthy browns—balanced against a muted ochre and olive background. Speckled textures within the table and backdrop reference fresco surfaces, echoing Cabral’s engagement with Renaissance atmosphere while remaining distinctly modern in execution.
The citrus slice functions as a symbolic focal point—radiant, segmented, and luminous—contrasting against darker structural forms. The goblet introduces a celebratory narrative element, while the monumental vessels evoke classical amphorae. Cabral’s flattened planes and simplified contours align with mid-century modernist sensibilities, yet his restraint and compositional symmetry reveal academic rigor.
Celebration belongs to Cabral’s mature period, when his synthesis of classical mood and modern abstraction reached its most distilled expression. Published by Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery Inc., this work reflects his enduring exploration of still life as poetic structure.
Artist Biography
Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990) was born in New York City to Portuguese parents born on the island of Trinidad in the West Indies. He lived in New York State until 1936 before relocating to Los Angeles, California, where he settled permanently.
As a young artist, Cabral received significant early training through his work and affiliation with the Federal Arts Project under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration. This formative period instilled a commitment to disciplined draftsmanship and classical structure that would remain central to his work.
In 1955 he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Education, and the following year attained a Master of Arts degree in Painting from the State University at Los Angeles. He served for thirty years as professor of painting and art history at Los Angeles Valley College, influencing generations of artists through his emphasis on compositional integrity and historical continuity.
His one-man museum exhibitions include Laguna Beach Art Museum; Los Angeles County Art Museum; The De Young Museum, San Francisco; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Santa Barbara Museum; and Pasadena Museum. He exhibited widely in galleries including Stendahl Gallery (Los Angeles), Heritage Gallery (Los Angeles), Challis Gallery (Laguna Beach), Gallery D’Enchante (New York), Collectors Gallery (Chicago), and Dalzell Hatfield Gallery (Los Angeles).
Cabral’s work has been reproduced in American Painting & Sculpture (University of Illinois), The Realm of Contemporary Still Life Painting, Oil Painting Techniques and Materials, Drawing: A Search for Form, and Who’s Who in the West. He received favorable reviews in Art News, Los Angeles Times, L.A. Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Herald Express, and Art Digest. Arthur Millier of the Los Angeles Times described his work as favoring moods of beauty touched with sadness.
World-renowned muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros recognized Cabral’s creative talents, citing the subtle perception of subjective poetic elements within his paintings. In 1963, Cabral completed a 60-foot mural for Robert Fulton Jr. High School, further establishing his role within California’s public art tradition.
Cabral’s contribution to mid-century American figurative modernism remains significant, particularly within the Southern California context. While abstraction dominated much of the period, Cabral sustained a Renaissance-informed discipline infused with modern geometry and tonal restraint. His still lifes, in particular, demonstrate structural clarity and symbolic nuance.
Today, collectors and scholars increasingly reassess artists who bridged academic realism and stylized modernism. Cabral’s serigraph editions continue to circulate in regional galleries and specialized auction markets, offering accessible entry points into a museum-exhibited artist’s oeuvre. His work stands as a testament to compositional order, poetic atmosphere, and enduring classical sensibility within 20th-century American art.
Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990), Celebration, serigraph, 22 x 30 in, signed lower right, numbered 82/250. Published by Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery). Modernist still life.
Certificate of Authentication
This certifies that Celebration is an original limited-edition serigraph by Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990).
Medium: Serigraph on paper
Edition: 82/250
Dimensions: 22 x 30 inches
Signature: Hand-signed in pencil lower right
Publisher: Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery Inc.
Provenance: Mitch Morse Gallery; Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC
The work is guaranteed authentic.
Condition
Excellent vintage condition. No visible foxing. Strong color saturation. Deckled edges intact. Minor age-appropriate handling consistent with period.
Provenance
Mitch Morse Gallery (acquired in NYC, United States and Europe)
Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery Inc. (Publisher)
Private Collection
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (Current Owner)
Celebration, Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990), c.1980s, serigraph, 22x30 in, signed & numbered 82/250, modernist still life
A vibrant limited-edition serigraph titled Celebration by Flavio Emanuel Cabral, numbered 82/250 and hand-signed in pencil. This 22 x 30 inch print exemplifies Cabral’s refined modernist still life aesthetic, combining Renaissance compositional balance with bold geometric abstraction. Published by Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery, the work reflects Cabral’s museum-exhibited legacy and mastery of poetic form.
Artwork Description
Celebration presents a stylized still life arranged upon a circular tabletop: two monumental vessels in violet and blue rise behind a dynamic green pitcher, while a sliced citrus, wine glass, and sculptural forms complete the composition. The forms interlock through curving planes and overlapping shapes, creating a rhythmic visual harmony.
This serigraph, edition 82/250, is signed Flavio Cabral in pencil lower right. The sheet measures approximately 22 x 30 inches with deckled edges. The layered screenprinting technique produces saturated, opaque color fields—deep ultramarine, violet, emerald, citrus yellow, and earthy browns—balanced against a muted ochre and olive background. Speckled textures within the table and backdrop reference fresco surfaces, echoing Cabral’s engagement with Renaissance atmosphere while remaining distinctly modern in execution.
The citrus slice functions as a symbolic focal point—radiant, segmented, and luminous—contrasting against darker structural forms. The goblet introduces a celebratory narrative element, while the monumental vessels evoke classical amphorae. Cabral’s flattened planes and simplified contours align with mid-century modernist sensibilities, yet his restraint and compositional symmetry reveal academic rigor.
Celebration belongs to Cabral’s mature period, when his synthesis of classical mood and modern abstraction reached its most distilled expression. Published by Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery Inc., this work reflects his enduring exploration of still life as poetic structure.
Artist Biography
Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990) was born in New York City to Portuguese parents born on the island of Trinidad in the West Indies. He lived in New York State until 1936 before relocating to Los Angeles, California, where he settled permanently.
As a young artist, Cabral received significant early training through his work and affiliation with the Federal Arts Project under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration. This formative period instilled a commitment to disciplined draftsmanship and classical structure that would remain central to his work.
In 1955 he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Education, and the following year attained a Master of Arts degree in Painting from the State University at Los Angeles. He served for thirty years as professor of painting and art history at Los Angeles Valley College, influencing generations of artists through his emphasis on compositional integrity and historical continuity.
His one-man museum exhibitions include Laguna Beach Art Museum; Los Angeles County Art Museum; The De Young Museum, San Francisco; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Santa Barbara Museum; and Pasadena Museum. He exhibited widely in galleries including Stendahl Gallery (Los Angeles), Heritage Gallery (Los Angeles), Challis Gallery (Laguna Beach), Gallery D’Enchante (New York), Collectors Gallery (Chicago), and Dalzell Hatfield Gallery (Los Angeles).
Cabral’s work has been reproduced in American Painting & Sculpture (University of Illinois), The Realm of Contemporary Still Life Painting, Oil Painting Techniques and Materials, Drawing: A Search for Form, and Who’s Who in the West. He received favorable reviews in Art News, Los Angeles Times, L.A. Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Herald Express, and Art Digest. Arthur Millier of the Los Angeles Times described his work as favoring moods of beauty touched with sadness.
World-renowned muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros recognized Cabral’s creative talents, citing the subtle perception of subjective poetic elements within his paintings. In 1963, Cabral completed a 60-foot mural for Robert Fulton Jr. High School, further establishing his role within California’s public art tradition.
Cabral’s contribution to mid-century American figurative modernism remains significant, particularly within the Southern California context. While abstraction dominated much of the period, Cabral sustained a Renaissance-informed discipline infused with modern geometry and tonal restraint. His still lifes, in particular, demonstrate structural clarity and symbolic nuance.
Today, collectors and scholars increasingly reassess artists who bridged academic realism and stylized modernism. Cabral’s serigraph editions continue to circulate in regional galleries and specialized auction markets, offering accessible entry points into a museum-exhibited artist’s oeuvre. His work stands as a testament to compositional order, poetic atmosphere, and enduring classical sensibility within 20th-century American art.
Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990), Celebration, serigraph, 22 x 30 in, signed lower right, numbered 82/250. Published by Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery). Modernist still life.
Certificate of Authentication
This certifies that Celebration is an original limited-edition serigraph by Flavio Emanuel Cabral (1918–1990).
Medium: Serigraph on paper
Edition: 82/250
Dimensions: 22 x 30 inches
Signature: Hand-signed in pencil lower right
Publisher: Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery Inc.
Provenance: Mitch Morse Gallery; Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC
The work is guaranteed authentic.
Condition
Excellent vintage condition. No visible foxing. Strong color saturation. Deckled edges intact. Minor age-appropriate handling consistent with period.
Provenance
Mitch Morse Gallery (acquired in NYC, United States and Europe)
Art Spectrum, a division of Mitch Morse Gallery Inc. (Publisher)
Private Collection
Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (Current Owner)
