A. Gajoni Oil on Hardboard Italy XX Century - Landscape with Ancient Style Figures

Carriages

Oil on the table. signed lower right. On the back the scroll of the Salvetti Art Workshop in Milan. Palermitan painter, Francesco Camarda distinguished himself for figure painting, dedicated to portraits and the nude, and above all for animalist painting, in the wake of the realist production of the Palizzi brothers. He was able to express a painting with a lively and fresh color. In this small table, the Camarda offers a glimpse of the city animated by lively and colorful walking carriages. The work is presented in a style frame.

Little sisters

Watercolor and pencil on paper. A drawing rich in emotional intensity although monochromatic, in shades of beige, to represent a moment of intimacy and tenderness between two little sisters, the older one cradling the little one in her arms, very maternally. Palermitan painter, Francesco Camarda distinguished himself for figure painting, dedicated to portraits and the nude, and above all for animalist painting, in the wake of the realist production of the Palizzi brothers. He was able to express a painting with a lively and fresh color. The drawing is presented in a frame.

River Landscape

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower left. Painter, sculptor and architect, Carlo Bonomi, after training at the Brera Academy, opened a studio in Milan together with Carlo Carrà, Giannino Castiglioni and Barilli. His painting is characterized by bright colors - yellow, red and burnt - spread with material substance, as if he sensed a third dimension in painting. He has created works of monumental size, full of figures, seen in their everyday life: humble and industrious people, with deep religious and human motivations. He has never forgotten, on the contrary, he has rather exalted his popular extraction. In this work the artist proposes a large countryside landscape where a river flows, perhaps the Ticino of the places inhabited by the artist: unlike many of his other works, the colors, which prefer the ranges of green, yellow and blue, are spread with broad brushstrokes in soft shades, without contrasts. The work is framed.

Still Life 1946

Oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Additional signature, date and title on the back; also present stamps of the Russian art gallery. Composition of bottles and goblets, which stand out against a two-tone background, with warm yet opaque colors. Born and artistically trained in Florence, Ugo Vittore Bartolini moved to Milan in 1934, or having obtained the chair of drawn figure at the Art School of the Brera Academy. In the following years he participated in numerous national reviews and exhibitions, including several times at the Venice Biennale. If starting from the thirties he established himself above all as a landscape painter, from the second post-war period Bartolini decidedly approached sacred subjects, but he also created series of female nudes and still lifes. His style is simple and communicative, his paintings have a warm and refined chromatism. The work is presented in a style frame.

Glimpse of the Sea with Fishermen

Oil painting on canvas. Signed F. Pratella on the lower left. In the Gulf of Naples, identifiable by the Vesuvius in the background, on a sandy stretch of coast a group of fishermen with their women pull the boats ashore. Light and colors fill the atmosphere of the scene. The Neapolitan artist Fausto Pratella, son of Attilio, initially followed his father's leave, painting marine full of light and movement, like the one proposed here, but soon wanted to depart from Attilio's wake, choosing different subjects and techniques, which led him to paint the cold peripheral parks of Milan, bringing in his canvases the evocative visions of those greens, those grays, those browns saturated with that humid and foggy vapidity typically Lombard. The painting is presented in a styled frame.

Composition of Flowers and Fruits 1959

Oil on the table. Signed and dated lower right. Colorful flowers in a white vase, and some fruit scattered across the table, are rendered with large, overlapping brushstrokes, in bright colors on a light background to create a bright and vibrant effect. Teonesto Deabate was a Turin artist who devoted himself not only to painting, but also to other forms of applied art: ceramics, interior decoration, illustration. His pictorial production belongs above all to the post-war period and is made up of landscapes, still lifes but also figures, made in watercolor oil: in it the search for light-color relationships is fundamental, to create sensations of finesse and sensitivity through subtle tonal combinations and elegant arabesques. The work is presented in a frame.

River Glimpse with Figures

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Born in Treviso but moved with his family to Milan from an early age, Lucio Cargnel inherited his passion for painting and music from his father Vittore Antonio. As for his father, in Lucio Cargnel's painting an important role is played by the study of light, but associated with the search for a highly scenographic image, with lights and shadows that chase each other among the architectures, expressed through soft, nuanced colors. Among his works are renowned landscapes and glimpses of cities, even imaginary ones, as well as streets, squares and canals; the places of his choice are Milan, Venice and the Ligurian Riviera. The work is presented in a style frame.

Female Portrait

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower right. Born in Milan in 1913, and trained at the Brera Academy (of which he later became a teacher), Adriano Gajoni became passionate about the study of seventeenth-century Lombard painters and Dutch and Flemish painting of the seventeenth century, from whose meticulous realism he let himself be inspired. Of strict figurative observance, Gajoni preferred landscapes, portraits and above all still lifes, which he expressed in fairy-tale and allegorical compositions. He mainly practiced oil painting on wood and hardboard. This female portrait proposes a Renaissance version of the woman depicted, in the clothes, in the jewels and in her pose with a landscape in the background. The work is presented in a frame.

Ancient Characters with Globe and Sextant

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower left. Born in Milan in 1913, and trained at the Brera Academy (of which he later became a teacher), Adriano Gajoni became passionate about the study of seventeenth-century Lombard painters and Dutch and Flemish painting of the seventeenth century, from whose meticulous realism he let himself be inspired. Of strict figurative observance, Gajoni preferred landscapes, portraits and above all still lifes, which he expressed in fairy-tale and allegorical compositions. He mainly practiced oil painting on wood and hardboard. This painting proposes a group of scholars depicted in the Flemish manner, in particular cartographers due to the presence of the globe and the sextant. The work is presented in a style frame with small lacks.

Composition with Microscope and Butterflies

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. Born in Milan in 1913 and trained at the Brera Academy (of which he later became a teacher), Adriano Gajoni became passionate about the study of seventeenth-century Lombard painters and Dutch and Flemish painting of the seventeenth century, from whose meticulous realism he let himself be inspired. Of strict figurative observance, Gajoni preferred landscapes, portraits and above all still lifes, which he expressed in fairy-tale and allegorical compositions. He mainly practiced oil painting on wood and hardboard. This composition presents a collection of butterflies and insects together with a microscope and accessories for observation, accompanied by a quartz and a dry branch. Lively colors, less explicit the reference to Flemish painting of previous centuries, compared to other works by Gajoni. In frame.

Albania 1916

Oil on cardboard. Signed lower left. On the back there is the name with the title, which locates the small glimpse in Albania in 1916, during the First World War. Present stamp from a private collection. Alfonso Corradi, born in Emilia but trained and then lived in Milan, was a student of ornaments at the Brera Academy and for some years he also devoted himself to scenography. He specialized in landscape and embarked on an exhibition career concentrated above all in Milan. The subject proposed here, although of a landscape nature, is part of a rare production of a series of small pictures, almost sketches, which leads back to the First World War, in particular to the military expedition of an Italian body to Macedonia in 1916, sent by the government to the aim to counter the Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian forces during the First World War and to control that territory. Moreover, there is no documentation of the painter's direct participation in this war campaign. The painting is framed.

Hospitalization of the Trident 1916

Oil on cardboard. Signed lower right. On the back there is the name with the title, which locates the small glimpse in Macedonia in 1916, during the First World War. Alfonso Corradi, born in Emilia but trained and then lived in Milan, was a student of ornaments at the Brera Academy and for some years he also devoted himself to scenography. He specialized in landscape and embarked on an exhibition career concentrated above all in Milan. The subject proposed here, although of a landscape nature, is part of a rare production of a series of small pictures, almost sketches, which leads back to the First World War, in particular to the military expedition of an Italian body to Macedonia in 1916, sent by the government to the aim to counter the Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian forces during the First World War and to control that territory. Moreover, there is no documentation of the painter's direct participation in this war campaign. The painting is framed.