Pair of Appliques Metal Italy XX Century - Italy Early 20th century

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. This glimpse of the Venice lagoon is delicate in the transparency of the chromatic games, predominantly blue in all its range of shades, with anonymous boats in the foreground and Santa Maria della Salute in the background. Ezio Pastorio, originally from Cremona but transplanted to Valseriana after his studies, is considered "a great Italian master of the 20th century, who knew how to renew the artistic language of the landscape while maintaining a strong link with 19th century painting". His production is post-impressionist in nature, especially in the large landscape production that depicts the Po and Bergamo plains, the Venetian lagoon and some Parisian glimpses, admired during some travels. In his works, Pastorio creates suggestive atmospheres using infinite ranges of colours, which harmonize and sometimes even contrast, but always presented as a transparency which annuls the static nature of the representation and with a delicacy which expresses his devout religiosity towards nature and the created. The work, coming from a private collection, is presented in a coeval frame.

Oil on canvas board. Signed lower right. Further signature and date on the back. Not only potted flowers, but a composition - actually two, for another smaller one behind them - with fruits scattered on a table and, in the background, a sunset over the sea, which could be a painting but also the view from the window. Ezio Pastorio, originally from Cremona but transplanted to Valseriana after his studies, is considered "a great Italian master of the 20th century, who knew how to renew the artistic language of the landscape while maintaining a strong link with 19th century painting". His production is post-impressionist in nature, especially in the large landscape production that depicts the Po and Bergamo plains, the Venetian lagoon and some Parisian glimpses, admired during some travels. In his works, Pastorio creates suggestive atmospheres using infinite ranges of colours, which harmonize and sometimes even contrast, but always presented as a transparency which annuls the static nature of the representation and with a delicacy which expresses his devout religiosity towards nature and the created. The work, coming from a private collection, is presented in a frame.

Ligurian Beach

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. It is a glimpse of the Ligurian Riviera, near a cove, surmounted by houses close to the coast. Berto Ferrari, born and always lived in Liguria, was a skilled and sensitive marine and landscape painter of the post-impressionist tradition, who painted the beauties of the Ligurian Riviera and numerous views of the Apennine hinterland. The painting has drops of color and traces of restoration. It is in a coeval frame.

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. Mary breastfeeding her little son, under the loving gaze of Saint Anne: this is the theme of a sacred nature but proposed in a very human key, which underlines the sweetness of the mother-child relationship and of the family. Giuseppe Ghiringhelli was mainly a landscape and portrait painter, but in his production there are also various representations of the sacred Maternity which, like this one proposed here, are permeated with intimacy and sweetness and characterized by intense lights effects: in this work in particular it is suggestive the effect of the light that radiates from the little head of the child placed in the centre, on the faces bent over him of the two women, and then reverberates on the clothes and in the background, where the shadows created can be glimpsed. The work is presented in a frame from the first half of the 1900s.

Working Children

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower left. The Veronese artist proposes an outdoor scene, in the farmyard in front of the farmhouse: three girls, seated on the ground, are intent on collecting the grains of wheat that have remained attached to the straw: raising their gaze, serious and contrite, to observe the spectator of their work. The brightness of the scene stands out, coming from the right, where the sun's rays filter through and reverberate on the colorful dresses of the girls, while on the left two tall plants provide shade. The artist uses a quick brushstroke, with a light and rapid touch, characteristic of an plein air painting, or live painting, which spread in the first half of the twentieth century. The work is presented in a frame from the early 1900s.

Glimpse of a Barn

Oil on wooden hardboard. Signed lower left. The farmyard of a farmhouse, where hens scratch around in the shade of a large leafy oak, is rendered in the characteristic pictorial style of Leonardo Bazzaro, who uses quick and broad brushstrokes, with soft outlines, to create an enveloping atmosphere of peaceful everyday life. Milanese by birth and training, Leonardo Bazzaro is considered a lively exponent of Lombard impressionism, dedicated to chromatic and luministic research. His very fruitful production of works was dedicated in the early years to Milanese interiors, but then attracted by open-air painting, he moved to landscape views and in particular he was attracted by the color of the Venetian lagoon, which led him to stay for a certain period in Chioggia. The painting is presented in a coeval frame.

Flowers in Vase

Oil on wooden hardboard. Signed lower right. The floral composition presented here is an infrequent subject in the production of the Palermitan painter Aurelio Catti, best known for the urban views and landscapes of the Italian and European cities he visited. However, the work is stylistically part of that post-impressionist repertoire which was adopted by numerous Italian artists in the first half of the 1900s. The work is presented in a frame.

Crayons on paper. In the lower right, inconsistent signature and date 1930. In an orderly countryside, a cottage stands on the left with clothes hanging in the sun on outdoor lines; on the right, a man on crutches walks along the road, while another lights a cigarette on the bank above. In the center, a light pole divides the scene in two. The work is presented in a period frame.

Glimpses with Boats 1936

Mixed technique on paper. Signed and dated lower right. Mario Bezzola was a Milanese painter, as well as a critic of Italian nineteenth-century art, who distinguished himself above all for his landscape production. Sunny and luminous, this marine glimpse, which sees a small inhabited island in the centre, surrounded by small boats with orange sails which are reflected in the water. It is presented in a coeval frame.

Oil painting on canvas. The large landscape foreshortening offers a view of a lake enclosed by mountain peaks, which evoke Lake Como; in the foreground, on the slope from which the view opens, a corner of the garden with buried flowers and potted plants, to create a corner of color in contrast with the dominant ranges of blue and green. The painting has a small patch on the back. It is presented in a stylish frame.

Oil painting on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. The woman is portrayed in a pose that expresses a thoughtful state: sitting on the ground, her eyes closed, her head slightly bowed; behind and around her, fabrics and cushions, to evoke the alcove. The chromatic tones are almost uniform, in the range of beiges - bluish browns, among which even the rosy complexion stands out delicately. The painting has traces of restoration. It is presented in a stylish frame.

Oil on wooden board. Signed lower right. Title and location on the back. Enrico Intraina was a Milanese artist who mainly produced landscapes and glimpses of his places, remaining linked to Lombard Naturalism. The painting is presented in a coeval frame.