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Giovanni Costantini
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Giovanni Costantini (Rome 1872 - 1947), FORGOTTEN Oil painting on canvas 155 x 90 cm, signed lower left, titled on back. In the years between 1915 and 1921 he painted 45 paintings (The Tears of War) in which with the starkest reality he described, like a modern photojournalist, all the horrors of war. The series, after much controversy, (the painter did not want to participate, given the preconceived opposition of nationalists-then already close to the government-who had accused him of defeatism) was exhibited at the First Rome Biennale (1921) where, contrary to expectations, it was a great success with the public. One of the most beautiful paintings, "The Spy" thus won the First Prize at the Biennale, securing the painter unhoped-for fame, which brought him major commissions.
  • Creator:
    Giovanni Costantini (1872 - 1947, Italian)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 61.03 in (155 cm)Width: 35.44 in (90 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1927214627562

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