L. Dudreville Oil on Wooden Table Italy 1936 - Composition with Fish and Lemons 1936

Features

Artist:  Leonardo Dudreville (1885-1975)

Artwork title:  Composizione con pesci e limoni

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Still life

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Board

Description : Composizione con pesci e limoni

Oil on the table. Signed and dated top right. Artist of Venetian origin but artistically trained in Milan, Dudreville passed from a youthful pointillist phase, to an abstract painting and finally, from the 1920s, to a realist one as he stretched towards a greater adherence to the essence of things. He defined his painting of the latter period as "Flemish", wanting to sanction with this intimist indication his distance from the triumphalism and optimism of the Italian twentieth century and his search for an objective relationship with nature. Blind in one eye, he did not actively participate in wars and in 1942, to escape the bombings, he retired to Ghiffa, on Lake Maggiore, where he remained until his death. In the work presented here, on a dark background, a group of fish is placed on a plate covered with a large leaf, together with a cut lemon: one finds in it perfectly that "Flemish" spirit, understood as realistic adhesion and the most possible objective to the represented nature. the work is presented in a style frame. On the back there is a stamp from an important private collection.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 40,5
Width: 49,5
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 27
Width: 37

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