Fausto Bellino Tasca
Plein Air
Fausto loved painting outside, en plein air. He started working in this manner while a student in Italy and continued to paint outdoors all his life. The paintings in this gallery are all small, they measure 5.5 x 8.6” (14 x 22 cm). Most of them were painted on wood panel, some were painted on canvas. All are in oil.
He called these paintings “oil sketches.” While painting outdoors, he worked alla prima, that is to say, quickly and with virtually no corrections or changes once a mark was made. According to his son, the sketches took very little time to execute — apparently only five to ten minutes.
![Haystacks in the Veneto, 1905–1908, -Oil on wood panel, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/HaystacksVeneto.jpg)
Haystacks in the Veneto, 1905–1908
Oil on wood panel
Collection of the Tasca Estate
![Venice Lagoon, 1905–1908, -Oil on wood panel, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/VeniceLagune.jpg)
Venice Lagoon, 1905–1908
Oil on wood panel
Collection of the Tasca Estate
![Circus Padova, 1905–1908, -Oil on wood panel, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/CircusPadova.jpg)
Circus Padova, 1905–1908
Oil on wood panel
Collection of the Tasca Estate
![Big Bear Lake, 1925 to 1930, -Oil on canvas, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/BigBearLake.jpg)
Big Bear Lake, 1925 to 1930
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Tasca Estate
![Waterfall, 1925 to 1930, -Oil on canvas, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/waterfall.jpg)
Waterfall, 1925 to 1930
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Tasca Estate
![Pacific Coast, 1925 to 1930, -Oil on canvas, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/PacificCoast.jpg)
Pacific Coast, 1925 to 1930
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Tasca Estate
![Los Angeles City Hall, after 1928, -Oil on canvas, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/CityHall.jpg)
Los Angeles City Hall, after 1928
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Tasca Estate
![Los Angeles Sunset, 1925 to 1930, -Oil on canvas, -Collection of the Tasca Estate](/images/LosAngelesSunset.jpg)
Los Angeles Sunset, 1925 to 1930
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Tasca Estate