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VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"

VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
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VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"
VINCENT BOCCHINI "THE CONVICT ARTIST"

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A historical mid-century oil on board depicting a horse portrait abstract in red, signed lower right middle, 61 x 91.4cm (24 x 36in); from a private collection, London; Vincent (Vince) Raymond Bocchini was serving a prison sentence in St. Thomas, Ontario in 1968 and 1969 when his artistic talents came to the attention of the Minister of Correctional Services; he is credited for painting the "Stratford Friendship Hall" mural as a tribute to the five Stratford Correctional Centre inmates who tragically died in a fire at the facility (Robert Conley 19, James Bradley 18, Fred Cole 18, Allan Aronson 19, and Keith Hess 36); the original mural was in the basement of the chapel at the Guelph Correctional Centre, where he was also an inmate at one time; Bocchini had several shows over the years and became a well-listed Canadian artist; the City of Guelph was kind enough to provide more documentation about "The Convict Artist" by email, including newspaper articles and an exhibition he held in 1969, where this painting is believed to have originally been sold at the time (see last four images); The Globe and Mail also covered Bocchini in a 1977 article "A Prisoner's Paintings: New Life for Jail and Himself", which can be provided to the successful bidder