Ottavio Steffenini Oil on Cardboard Italy XX Century

Ottavio Steffenini Oil on Cardboard Italy XX Century - Tripoli Street in the Arab Quarter

Features

Tripoli Street in the Arab Quarter

Artist: Ottavio Steffenini (1889-1971)

Artwork title: Tripoli, strada del quartiere arabo

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject: Landscape with Figures

Origin: Italy

Artistic technique: Painting

Technical specification: Oil on Cardboard

Description : Tripoli, strada del quartiere arabo

Oil on cardboard. signed lower right. On the back label of the 1930s triennial exhibition in Naples, with the title of the work. The Cuneo artist Ottavio Steffanini had a life in constant motion, divided between Italy, Europe, America (especially in Venezuela). A restless and unpredictable artist, he concentrated his painting above all on female figures, portrayed with placid sensuality and an opulence influenced by the Spanish masters with whom he studied. But in his production there are other subjects, united by an incessant exaltation of life, of nature. In this small glimpse of an Arab quarter of Tripoli, we find his quick brushstroke, his choice of bright colors to define nuanced but vital, lived figures and places. The work is presented in a contemporary frame.

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

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 33
Width: 38
Depth: 4,5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 20
Width: 25

Additional Information

Artist: Ottavio Steffenini (1889-1971)

Born in Cuneo in 1889, Ottavio Steffenini after having interrupted his classical studies, studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he was a pupil first of Gaudenzi and then in the studio of the Spanish painter Berméjo. After completing his studies he left Italy, moving first to Paris and then, in 1912, to Spain with Sorolla, and then to Martinique and Venezuela. After the First World War he settled in Milan, starting to actively participate in the most important art exhibitions. In 1922 he won the Canonical Prize at the Venice Biennale. He was a teacher at the Brera Academy and in Milan he founded the Bagutta prize with Riccardo Bacchelli. His works are in the Modern Art Galleries in Milan and in other Italian and foreign ones

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject: Landscape with Figures

Artistic technique: Painting

La pittura è l'arte che consiste nell'applicare dei pigmenti a un supporto come la carta, la tela, la seta, la ceramica, il legno, il vetro o un muro. Essendo i pigmenti essenzialmente solidi, è necessario utilizzare un legante, che li porti a uno stadio liquido, più fluido o più denso, e un collante, che permetta l'adesione duratura al supporto. Chi dipinge è detto pittore o pittrice. Il risultato è un'immagine che, a seconda delle intenzioni dell'autore, esprime la sua percezione del mondo o una libera associazione di forme o un qualsiasi altro significato, a seconda della sua creatività, del suo gusto estetico e di quello della società di cui fa parte.