Oscar De Mejo (1911-1992) Italy Naive Art - Portrait English Cavalier Soldier Oil Signed

Superb original oil on cardboard 55 cm x 38 cm, sold with its silvered wooden frame under glass 77 cm x 60 cm, signed lower right Oscar De Mejo, dated 1971 and representing the portrait of an English soldier on horseback and holding an English flag.
Painting in very good general condition. Sold with a certificate invoice.

Oscar De Mejo Born in Trieste, Italy, in 1911, de Mejo had degrees in law and political science. Believing in the occult and in particular in the I Ching, he even chose his art dealer, Ken Nahan according to the advice of the I Ching. De Mejo's only constant obsession since childhood was painting. After World War II, he married film star Alida Valli and they emigrated to the United States. After a career as a jazz composer, Oscar finally returned to his first love: painting. Oscar de Mejo's paintings are a fascinating mix of the naïve and the sophisticated, the literal and the extraordinary. His witty and whimsical depictions of American life are immediately engaging, but upon closer inspection, their complexity becomes fully apparent and his unique style of surrealism is revealed. The myriad of irrational and incongruous details that fill his works stimulate both the conscious and unconscious mind.
Oscar de Mejo's works have been featured in publications such as: American Heritage, Architectural Digest, Art Today, Sciences, Harpers, International Economy, Town and Country, MD Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Die Kunst (Germany), Oggi and Graza (Italy). , Yale Literary Magazine, Penthouse, Travel & Leisure and the New York Times.