Contemporary Painting by Giovanni Balansino Landscape Oil on Hardboard

Venice, Glimpse of the Lagoon

Watercolor on cardboard. Signed lower left. Evocative glimpse of the Venetian lagoon, with fishing boats in the foreground and the city skyline in the background. Natale Gavagnin, born in Venice and trained at the Venetian Academy, devoted himself mainly to the landscape, and above all to that of his city and the lagoon. He exhibited mainly at the exhibitions in Venice and Milan. The painting is presented in a stylish frame. The watercolor is in good condition, with gores of humidity on the passepartout.

Landscape with Shepherd and Flock

Oil on cardboard. Signed lower left. The Milanese artist Carlo Balestrini preferred two subjects in his impressionist production: views of Milan and its popular suburbs, and horses, depicted both in the countryside and in city parks. In this work, on the other hand, he offers a glimpse of the countryside in which a stream flows from which a flock is drinking. The work is presented in a contemporary frame.

Portrait Of Masai Warrior

Oil on faesite. Signed at the bottom right. Portrait of the Masai warrior that shows his pride with his pose and look. It comes in frame.

Portrait of a young commoner

Oil on canvas applied to the table. Signed lower right. Antonio Vallone, a Neapolitan painter close to Morelli's school, specialized in genre portraits, above all of smiling young men and women, street urchins or peasant women typical of his homeland. The work is presented in a period frame.

Portrait of a Street Boy

Oil on canvas applied to the table. Signed lower right. Antonio Vallone, a Neapolitan painter close to Morelli's school, specialized in genre portraits, above all of smiling young men and women, street urchins or peasant women typical of his homeland. The work is presented in a period frame.

Face of a Young Commoner

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower left. The artist Giovanni Madonini was a portrait painter but above all of popular characters, often depicted intent on small activities and with bright colors. Work presented in frame.

Road to Cervasca 1981

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower right. Further signature, date and title on the back. Giovanni Balansino, Piedmontese by origin but Lombard by adoption, chose to depict his love for both lands with his painting made of broad and nervous brushstrokes, dedicating a large part of his production to them. In the proposed painting, Giovanni Balansino presents a glimpse of a country road near a village that he identifies in Cervasca, a small mountain town in the Cuneo area, animated by two barely sketched figurines that blend into the natural environment, due to the overlapping of the applied colors with rapid brush strokes and undefined contours. The work is presented in a frame.

Pulcinella Holidays 1981

Oil (mixed) on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. On the back another signature, the title, the technique, and an autographed dedication by the artist to a friend. Mario Cortiello, a Neapolitan painter who was a pupil of Gennaro Villani and later a friend and collaborator of Umberto Lilloni, participated with his own personal style in the renewal of Neapolitan painting, without straying from tradition. Endowed with fertile invention and remarkable representative capacity, he left behind a rich and varied production. Landscape or urban views are recurring in his production, populated by numerous figures, often, in the Neapolitan setting, by Pulcinella, depicted floating on dreamlike backgrounds, so much so that he is defined as the Neapolitan Chagall. In this work Cortiello represents the holidays of the Neapolitan mask as a playful moment in the company of the ever-present naked women. The work is presented in a frame.

Copy from the Beato Angelico

Mixed technique on plywood. It is a copy of a famous painting by Beato Angelico (1395 -1455), who repeatedly proposed this subject in different variations, and with different techniques and dimensions. In this case in particular, the copy is inspired by the large fresco known as the "Annunciation on the first floor", painted by Beato Angelico between 1425 and 1426 for the Convent of San Marco in Florence (located on the first floor of the building). . The table needs cleaning. It is presented in a frame. it features the diagonal arrangement of the figures of the Archangel Gabriel and Mary and a solidly geometric space. Fra Angelico, Annunciation, 1425 – 1426, fresco, 230 x 321 cm. Florence, Convent of San Marco

Still Life with Game and Vegetables

Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right. The composition sees two hunted pheasants lying on the table near the cauldron and surrounded by vegetables. Czech artist Frantisek Zikmund loved to paint still lifes or landscapes in rich colors. The painting is presented in a mid-1900s frame.

Spring, 1985

Oil on cardboard. Signed lower right. Further signature, date, title and handwritten declaration of authenticity on the back. Giovanni Balansino, Piedmontese by origin but Lombard by adoption, chose to depict his love for both lands with his painting made of broad and nervous brushstrokes, dedicating a large part of his production to them. In the proposed painting, the title is from the white flowering of the trees that surround the country house. The work is presented in a frame.

The Park 1979

Oil on hardboard. Signed lower right. Further signature, date and title on the back. Giovanni Balansino, Piedmontese by origin but Lombard by adoption, chose to depict his love for both lands with his painting made of broad and nervous brushstrokes, dedicating a large part of his production to them. In the proposed painting, Il Balansino presents a glimpse of a city park, with a small terraced relief, animated by a couple of barely sketched figurines that blend into the natural environment, due to the overlapping of colors applied with rapid brushstrokes and with indefinite contours. the work is presented in a frame.