G. Gonzaga Oil on Canvas Italy 1960 - The blue coccoma, 1960
Features
The blue coccoma, 1960
Artist: Giovan Francesco Gonzaga (1921-2007)
Artwork title: La coccoma blu
Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000
Subject: Still life
Origin: Italy
Artistic technique: Painting
Technical specification: Oil on Canvas
Description : La coccoma blu
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. Further signature, date and title on the back. A Milanese artist descended from a cadet branch of the Gonzaga nobles of Mantua, Giovan Francesco took part in the Second World War with the Savoy Cavalry when he was still twenty years old, participating with the “Fantasma” squadron in patrol actions in the Russian steppe. The months spent in close contact with the horse during the war sparked in him a real passion for horses, which became the privileged subject of numerous paintings, sculptures and poems. Self-taught artist, he declared "Nature is my true teacher", and faithful to it, after horses, he devoted himself mainly to landscapes and still lifes, always depicted "en plein air". Vittorio Sgarbi wrote about him: "The wisdom of Giovan Francesco Gonzaga lies in the design, which is strong and decisive ..... The images vibrate with restlessness, in the sign of man's struggle against himself, in the hell of a a story that always seems to repeat the same drama. But if the preparatory drawing is admirable, the color of this artist has a regality and a sensitivity that come from a musical perception of the color, where the palette is expressed in sudden, variations and rhythms buttons ". His works appear in various museums, including that of the Pinerolo Cavalry, the Historical Museum of the Guardia di Finanza in Rome, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Art Museum of Los Angeles, in public and private collections in Italy, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Indonesia, China, Japan, Singapore and America. In this still life, the colors are especially enhanced: the three elements - the blue coccoma, that is an enameled jug, a cut lemon and a glass of milk -, well spaced and proposed in contrasting colors, stand out against the two shades of green of the background. The work is presented in a frame.
Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.
Frame Size (cm):
Height: 55
Width: 46
Depth: 3
Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 40
Width: 30