Provident Fine Art exclusively represents the paintings of Sylvester Stallone, a body of work the gallery describes as dynamic and powerfully expressive insights into his personal and professional life. Several exhibitions of the paintings have been staged at the gallery’s location on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida, where it exhibits important American and European works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The gallery, part of Provident Jewelry and Fine Art, purchases and sells fine art, specializing in original 17th to 21st century European and American paintings, watercolors, drawings, and sculptures. Provident Jewelry was founded over 30 years ago. Provident Fine Art was added about 10 years ago and operates at 226A Worth Avenue.
The exhibition program regularly includes paintings of the French and American Impressionist School, the Hudson River School, the 19th Century Plein Air School, and Modernism and Post War. Exhibitions change periodically.
Stallone’s paintings, according to the gallery, each tell a story through vibrant, thick pigments that form a composition reading like a storybook but with immense passion and a complex range of emotions. The works convey innermost feelings, positive and negative, that surface from the unconscious and subconscious depths of the psyche. One work, titled “Behind The Mind,” incorporates pieces of the actual Rocky script in the painting. The gallery calls his work brilliant.
“In the pursuit of excellence, Provident Jewelry & Fine Art represents only stellar quality works of Art and jewelry,” said Shawn David, Director of Provident Fine Art.
Beyond paintings, the gallery offers watercolors, drawings, and sculptures. The inventory spans centuries, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. American and European works are regularly offered.
Clients of fine art paintings and sculptures at Provident Fine Art include private collectors, museums, and institutions. The gallery describes its client base as both national and international.
Provident Fine Art’s expertise draws on four generations of David David Gallery history and a reputation for excellence, according to the gallery. That background gives the Palm Beach operation what it calls a unique distillation of expertise in the world of fine art, both American and European.
The combination of jewelry and fine art under one business began more than three decades ago with Provident Jewelry. The fine art division followed about a decade ago. The Worth Avenue address places the gallery in a location long associated with art and antique dealers.
Representing an artist known primarily for film work sets the gallery apart. Stallone’s paintings have been the subject of multiple exhibitions at Provident Fine Art.
For collectors, the gallery’s mix of French and American Impressionist School paintings, Hudson River School works, 19th Century Plein Air School pieces, and Modernism and Post War art offers a range that crosses periods and styles. The addition of watercolors, drawings, and sculptures extends the offering beyond paintings. Works by Sylvester Stallone, Mary Cassatt, Maurice Prendergast, Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keeffe, Henri Matisse, Roy Lichtenstein, Martha Walter, Leon Kelly, Joel Mesler, Andrew Myers, Eddie Martinez, and others are constants at the gallery.
The gallery does not publish a permanent collection online. Exhibitions change periodically. Visitors to Worth Avenue can see the current selection in person, while the gallery’s website provides information on represented artists and available works. www.ProvidentFineArt.com
