Calailo

Calailo - 20th Century Oil, Harbour Scene

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Unsigned. Presented in a black frame with gilt detailing. On canvas.

An atmospheric oil showing a Mediterranean coastal town, with figures bringing in their boats at a small cove, as brooding clouds form overhead. The painting has been indistinctly si...

Oil on panel, inscribed and dated '1946' bottom right Image size: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (49.5 x 39.5 cm) Period frame This painting stands out for its use of full-bodied brushstrokes and thick impasto application of paint. It depicts an Italian harbour in the 1940s, probably on one of the islands in the bay of Naples, such as Procida. The Artist Ezelino Briante was born and trained in Naples and he traveled around Italy and abroad (France, Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil, United States of America) looking for naturalistic subjects that he preferred. This celebrated painter studied at the Accademia di Bella Arti di Napoli and his scenes of Italy won him great support and fame in Italy and internationally. His paintings of Italian piers, in particular those of Campania; well known are also his marine landscapes of Sorrento, Capri, Maiori, Amalfi Coast and Sorrento Coast...

Part of the set, please look in my storefront. Pat built his own studio/gallery onto their home. He did a great deal of work there, but much prefered to paint outdoors, especially ...